1. The city will have more than 26 million residents by the year 2000, according to the United Nations Fund for Population Activities.
    据联合国人口活动基金会的估计，到2000年墨西哥城的人口将超过2600万。

2. The government has succeeded in increasing use of birth control from 10 percent of the population 20 years ago to 49 percent today.
    印尼政府已成功地扩大了实行节制生育的范围，节育人口已从20年前的10%增加到今天的49%。

3. The population explosion on our planet has been increasing at an alarming rate but the percentage of increase is decreasing.
    我们星球上的人口爆炸状况正在以惊人的速度加剧着，不过增长的百分比在减小。

4. The bird population is decreasing because of oil spills and spreading cities.
    由于海上石油泄漏和城市的不断扩大，鸟类的数量正在减少。

5. There are those in this beautiful village in the mountains of Scotland (population, 320) who say they were never quite sure about Anthony Williams, the soft-spoken, wealthy noble who arrived in 1986 with his well-dressed wife.
    这个美丽的山村座落在苏格兰山区，总共只有320人，其中一些村民说，他们一直不太了解安东尼·威廉斯。这位有钱的贵族说话和气，1986年和他穿着入时的妻子一同来到这里。

6. The government's official numbers tell this story: From 1972 to 1987, the US population grew by 16 percent, while the number of households grew by 35 percent.
    政府的官方数字表明：1972至1987年，美国人口增长了16%，家庭数目增加了35%，

7. The report was released Tuesday by the Population Council, an international organization based in New York that studies issues related to child bearing.
    这份报告是本星期二由人口委员会公布的。人口委员会是一家研究儿童养育问题的国际组织，总部设在纽约。

8. The Population Council report says women around the world tend to work longer hours than men, both at home and on the job.
    人口委员会的报告说，全世界的妇女，无论在家里还是在工作岗位上，都往往比男性工作的时间长。

9. The Population Council report found that while most countries have done extensive research on women as mothers, men as fathers have been virtually invisible to researchers.
    人口委员会的报告发现，尽管多数国家都对身为母亲的女性做了大量研究，但对身为父亲的男性，研究者们却几乎视而不见。

10. The population is 1.5 million, living in rural areas and a few urban centers.
    辖内的乡村和几个城区居住着150万人口。