Ethnic Albanians, who make up about one-third of Macedonia's two million population, have fought for better recognition of its language and an increased presence in parliament and the police force.
In a city with a population two thirds the size of Belfast, they are achieving enormous success and they have been at it for more than 20 years.
The explosive growth of the Atlanta metro area, which encompasses more than 6, 000 square miles of land in more than 25 counties, effectively masked two decades of population losses within the city's traditional limits.
The grouping represents two-thirds of the world's population, nearly two-thirds of its wealth and almost half of its trade.
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According to the latest U.S. census, the city lost almost 19 percent of its population in the first decade of this century, and two-thirds of the population is 40 or older.
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Could this be why two thirds of our population has not completed any advance directives?
Federal officials said at the time that Morris had an IQ of 133, in the top two percent of the population.
Low fertility and an aging population are two of our greatest concerns.
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Though he was happy to have served a neglected patient population for two years in South Africa, Hevia slipped into U.S. exile in 1999.
The population of two of those groups, Asian Pacific Islanders and Hispanics, are growing at approximately 8 times the rate of the white population.
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On top of that, the need for each individual to have two parents means the population can grow only half as rapidly as it otherwise might.
The Justice Department said Arizona's population of two million Latinos includes an estimated 400, 000 there illegally, and 60% to 70% of deportations or "removals" involve Mexican nationals.
Islamists are reported to have pulled out of Gao and the historic town of Timbuktu, two of the big population centres that they overran in the north last year.
Former Scotland coach Craig Brown recalls once asking former Slovenian boss Srecko Katanec how he spent his day when he was an international manager of a country with a population of two million.
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Though the state's declining population lost two of its votes in the Electoral College -- it will only have 21 in the coming election -- Pennsylvania packs enough of a punch to make or break a presidential campaign.
Since Shias make up two-thirds of the region's population, a landslide for lists picked by the two dominant and allied Shia parties, Hizbullah and Amal, was certain.
The local population excluding expatriates and other foreign nationals form about two-thirds of its 5 odd million population, with Chinese-Singaporeans making up about 75% of these, followed by Malay-Singaporeans with 15%, Indian-Singaporeans about 9% and rest comprising various ethnic backgrounds.
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And a country can grow only two ways: working population growth, and productivity.
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However, opinion polls in the country suggest that nearly two-thirds of the population are against joining the single currency.
Even in the growing population, the two felt ostracized by their size.
Development in rural areas, where two-thirds of the population live, is minimal.
And nowhere more so than in Germany, where opinion polls suggest two-thirds of the population are against their country's participation in the NATO mission.
She said there were 10, 500 people living in Minehead, and 6, 500 visitors to Butlins at a weekend meant the town's population swelled by two-thirds.
Some 140 million Indonesians, two-thirds of the population, could slip below the poverty line by the end of 1999, says the International Labor Organization.
What happens when the population in the two categories approaches parity.
Both were popular film actors, and both appeal to the same constituency among the two-fifths of the population that live in poverty in the Philippines.
Economic growth is driven by two factors: productivity and population growth.
The controversial project will more than double electrical output in Ethiopia, where less than two percent of the rural population has access to the grid.
Five of Spain's autonomous communities, including Catalonia and Andalusia, two of the largest in population terms, have publicly said they will not implement the new law.
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