It is sparsely populated by humans; human populations increase toward the south and gradually decline farther from the coast.
The good news is that as populations increase, so do the numbers in minorities.
In the last census the overwhelming majority of Scotland's islands saw their populations increase.
The toll is expected to double as urban populations increase and car numbers approach 2bn by 2050.
And however smart private cars become, it seems inevitable that they will become less relevant as populations increase.
As catchment areas and their populations increase, so do hospital workloads – but there is little present evidence of any hospital having capacity to serve more people.
Both birds are flourishing abroad and there are fears about the impact they will have on native British birds if their populations increase here.
As both Africanized bee and human populations increase in Arizona, there is a greater probability that someone or some animal will encounter the bees' fury, experts say.
The nations of the Persian Gulf are likely to see their populations increase by half by 2030, and already import 60percentt of their food.
Conflict may impoverish populations, increase the availability of weapons and debilitate rulers.
This is true in Europe too, where political consensus over national welfare policies is eroding as immigrant populations increase.
