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Sign encouraging participation in the US Census in Somerville, Massachusetts.
Hard Numbers: US Census bungle, US election workers afraid, Sweden ups defense spending, Oz beefs up army
18.8 million: The 2020 US Census reportedly miscounted a whopping 18.8 million people. The miscount underrepresented people of color while overcounting whites. This raises questions about the Census numbers’ validity as a basis for reallocating congressional and state Electoral College votes.
20: That’s the percentage of US election workers who plan to leave their jobs before the 2024 presidential election. Many cited increased levels of harassment and intimidation.
2: Sweden will raise its defense spending to 2% of GDP — it’s currently spending 1.3% — as soon as possible in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. “Sweden’s defense capability must be greatly strengthened,” said PM Magdalena Andersson.
80,000: Australia will up its standing army by one-third to almost 80,000 troops over the next two decades. The Aussies are a crucial US ally and members of the AUKUS and the Quad initiatives to counter China’s rise in the Indo-Pacific.China's 7 million census-takers start counting world's largest population
SHANGHAI • Millions of census-takers began knocking on doors across China yesterday for a once-a-decade head count of the world's largest population that for the first time will use mobile apps to help crunch the massive numbers.
China starts once-a-decade census of world's largest population
Millions of census-takers began knocking on doors across China on Sunday (Nov 1).
Tokyo gets more crowded as Japan hollows out
TOKYO - The number of Japanese citizens fell for the 10th straight year to 124.8 million as of Jan 1, government data showed on Wednesday (July 10), proving yet again that there is no magic bullet to resolving Japan's dire ageing crisis.