What is a suitable age for retirement?

There have been ongoing arguments over whether people should be forced to retire and at what age. Many older people want the right to carry on working. The argument has become legal and recently the argument has swung in favour of the employes who want to keep working:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7629384.stm

What does an ageing population mean for the UK?

This year, for the first time, there are more people in Britain over 65 than under 16, what threats and opportunities does this bring?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2004/ageing/default.stm

What is Britishness?

In our ever-changing society, many people are asking themselves what it means to be British. Visit this site to find out who we think we are:
http://www.whodowethinkweare.org/

Brits abroad! Where are British people emigrating to?

British people are relatively well known for moving abroad for some or all of their lives. This link shows where people have moved to and why:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/brits_abroad/html/default.stm

How can you map London’s population?

The approach of using maps and data together to look at patterns and understand the world is known as Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Here, researchers have taken census data for London and plotted it onto the Google Earth system:
http://www.londonprofiler.org/

Could climate change create 120million refugees in South Asia?

One report states that 120million people in South Asia could be forced from their homes by the end of the century:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7313239.stm
In parts of the world, people have already been forced to move by climate change:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2005/nov/25/science.climatechange
http://www.theecologist.org/archive_detail.asp?content_id=1100

Where can I find population statistics?

There are many sources of statistics about the global population, some are listed below:
http://www.os-connect.com/pop/
The population clock:
http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop

How are migrant workers in the Arabian Gulf treated?

There has been criticism of working conditions for migrants in the Gulf states, but what is the nature of the grievances?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7266610.stm

Do you know where you’re from?

You can use this site to give a map showing the distribution of people in the UK with your surname and then compare this to historical records to show how your family name has spread through the UK:
http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/

Where are the world’s hungriest people and how hungry are they?

Around the world, millions of people don’t get enough to eat for a variety of reasons from poor harvest to lack of money for food. this map shows you where they area:
http://www.wfp.org/country_brief/hunger_map/map/hungermap_popup/map_popup.html