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.
Beef Island has been so named as far back as the early 1700s. It is an unusual name, as unusual as the diverse catalogue of people, who worked, lived, played, schemed or just simply occupied this small gem of the British Virgin Islands.In the 18th Century Beef Island was a fertile and a productive piece of flat land.It also possesses some beautiful beaches, bays and anchorages. In 1717 Captain Chandler of HMS Winchelsea visited Beef Island and recorded five families living there producing Indian corn, yams, potatoes and cotton.n the 18th Century Beef Island was a fertile and a productive piece of flat land. It also possesses some beautiful beaches, bays and anchorages. In 1717 Captain Chandler of HMS Winchelsea visited Beef Island and recorded five families living there producing Indian corn, yams, potatoes and cotton.