41.   The nation may soon experience a rise in crime because many cities are already seeing increases and during the next decade the teen-age population will increase, Fox said.

42.   The population of amputees increases daily, most victims being farmers who step on the explosives in fields and forests.

43.   Their population has increased tremendously and their behaviour has become more destructive.

44.   Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia did not sign the ban and complain it has allowed their elephant populations to increase too rapidly.

45.   In Israel, the population has increased through the immigration of hundreds of thousands of Jews from the former Soviet Union.

46.   According to the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, the rodent population has increased very rapidly, particularly as some rats have now become resistant to poisons.

47.   The sturgeon population increased last year and the endangered fish was once again seen near cities like Volgograd, Tolstov assured.

48.   The lack of water has led to serious trends -- large irrigated areas are decreasing in the world, while populations are increasing.