populations

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To ensure comparability with the UK, European countries with populations under one million are excluded from per-capita comparisons of net migration and asylum applications.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

This 12-point program aims to certify territories that are capable of anticipating a tsunami risk, prepare their populations and coordinate an appropriate response.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

The evil was not merely that searches occurred but that the government treated entire populations as searchable first and innocent later.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

In the longer term, rising defense spending, the demands of aging populations and recurrent economic shocks will further affect national budgets.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

Only after the first Polynesian settlers had exterminated moas and decimated seal populations on New Zealand, and exterminated or decimated seabirds and land birds on other Polynesian islands, did they intensify their food production.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond