Sentence examples for paltry population from inspiring English sources

For a paltry population hovering around 7,000 folks, there are five starred restaurants, which is an extraordinary culinary stat.

But being part of the paltry 2.8% of the population riding to work, I am not the target market.

(MLB's Montreal Expos moved to Washington, DC in 2005 following years of paltry attendance).In 1995, the population of Quebec City and the surrounding area was 685,000.

For example, Russia has a primitive telecommunications infrastructure, and Internet penetration stands at a paltry 2% of Russia's 150 million population.

Divide the total number of square meters of retail space in Europe by its population and you get a paltry 0.13 square meters, compared with 1.9 square meters in America.

Divide the total number of square feet of retail space in Europe by its population and you get a paltry 1.4 square feet, compared to 20 square feet in America.

Packaged food sales should grow no better than population growth for the foreseeable future a paltry 1% annually.

Even normalised for gross domestic profit and population, Dr Austin calls the amount "paltry".

They constitute roughly 10% of the population in both Syria and Egypt, and a paltry 6% of the wider Arab world.

Population size also counts: The total value of Los Angeles' six teams, at $1.46 billion, is relatively paltry when you consider the L.A. area's 16 million population.

With more than half of the populations under the age of 25 and job creation paltry, high-growth entrepreneurship is imperative for these countries– and frequently for America's national security interests in these regions.