Island sheep may help resolve a fierce debate in ecology about population crashes. British researchers are using sheep populations on St Kilda, a remote archipelago off the west coast of Scotland, to

most Italians have stopped making babies. The country's chief statistical body confirms that the country has the lowest fertility rate in the world. Women now bear 1.2 babies per individual.

The United Nations Funds for Population Activities (UNFPA) is in the process of designing and implementing a comprehensive population programme for India. They will allocate US $100 million for the

DNA studies suggest that a mere 500 people moving out of Africa could have populated the rest of the world

Russia s population is declining at an alarming rate