Population is defined as all nationals present in, or temporarily absent from a country, and aliens permanently settled in a country. This indicator shows the number of people that usually live in an area. Growth rates are the annual changes in population resulting from births, deaths and net...

Ausgehend von der Bedeutung des Humankapitals in modernen Industriegesellschaften, gibt die Studie einen Überblick über Methoden zur Messung des Humankapitals, untersucht und vergleicht den Wert des Humankapitals sowie die Kosten und den Ertrag von Humankapitalinvestitionen in ausgewählten...

Angus Maddison provides a comprehensive view of the growth and levels of world population since the year 1000 when rich countries of today were poorer than Asia and Africa. The gap between the world leader, the US and the poorest region, Africa, is now 20:1. The book has several objectives. The...