The world population growth rate rose from about 1.5 percent per year from 1950-51 to a peak of over 2 percent in the early 1960s due to reductions in mortality. Growth rates thereafter started to decline due to rising age at marriage as well as increasing availability and use of effective contraceptive methods. Note that changes in population growth have not always been steady. A dip in the growth rate from1959-1960, for instance, was due to the Great Leap Forward in China.
Beef Island is an island in the British Virgin Islands. It is located to the east of Tortola, and the two islands are connected by the Queen Elizabeth Bridge. Beef Island is the site of the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport (IATA code EIS), the main commercial airport that serves Tortola and the rest of the British Virgin Islands.
What is to come next, is anyone's guess as the government is actively seeking investors to develop Beef Island. Beef Island Bridge. On your way to or from Tortola and the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island, you will have to cross the Queen Elizabeth II bridge.The bridge (which was completed in 2003), replaced one opened by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, during her visit to Tortola in 1967.efore the new airport was officially opened in 2004, and in order to gain passage to Beef Island, one had to pay a toll of 50c to $2.00, depending upon the number of persons in your vehicle.