"We have made it clear that the points based system will allow the Government to manage immigration which in turn will help contribute to future population projections and control, " said the spokesman.
The figure would represent around one in nine people on earth, according to current population projections, but would mainly affect the world's poorest people in Africa, Asia and Latin America, according to the authors of "Human Tide: The Real Migration Crisis, " produced buy the charity Christian Aid.
As of now, governments are set to agree to "commit to systematically consider population trends and projections in our national, rural and urban development strategies and policies".
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It simply assumes current projections of population growth then sets out policies to cope with the extra numbers.
The current projections are that Scotland's population will fall below five million in 2017, reaching 4.88 million in 2028.
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"The global population is currently around seven billion, and most projections suggest that it will probably lie between eight and 11 billion by 2050, " their declaration says.
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Although elders today represent a net benefit to the female career professional in BRIC markets, demographic projections a huge leap in the percentage of the population over 60.
By 2050, according to the best projections, urbanites will account for as much as 70% of the global population.
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Projections by Asian Demographics, a research organisation, show China's total population, which hit 1.3 billion in January, inching up to 1.31 billion in 2019 and declining rapidly thereafter.
According to AARP, U.S. Census Bureau projections show that the number of people aged 65 or older in the American population is expected to double in the next three decades, to about 70 million.
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But much of the projections made by this committee and other bodies that have looked at the issue of the ageing population assume old age automatically means an individual becomes a burden.
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