According to the Central Bank of Armenia, during the first half of 2008, cash remittances sent back to Armenia by Armenians working abroad rose by 57. 5 percent and totaled $ 668. 6 million USD, equivalent to 15 percent of the country's first-half Gross Domestic Product.

According to RFE / RL, comparable sums are believed to be transferred through non-bank systems, implying that cash remittances make up approximately 30 percent of Armenia's GDP in the first half of 2008.

According to the ROA National Statistical Service, the average monthly salary during January-June 2008 is 86, 850 drams ( about $ 287 at the time ).

According to Alexei Nakamura, as of 2012, there are only 205 Ainu living in Russia ( up from just 12 people who self-identified as Ainu in 2008 ) and they along with the Kurile Kamchadals ( Itelmen of Kuril islands ) are fighting for official recognition.

According to a 2008 television programme, presented by Griff Rhys Jones, “ the flame has only been extinguished once, by a drunken Mexican football supporter on the night that France beat Brazil here in Paris ,” most likely referring to the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final.

According to the International Reciprocal Trade Association, the industry trade body, more than 450, 000 businesses transacted $ 10 billion globally in 2008 – and officials expect trade volume to grow by 15 % in 2009.

According to the Forbes Global 2000 list of the world's largest companies in 2008, Canada had 69 companies in the list, ranking 5th next to France.

According to Gislason and Craig ( 2005 ): " Most thermodynamic data come from calorimetry ..." According to Kondepudi ( 2008 ): " Calorimetry is widely used in present day laboratories.

According to Nielsen ( 2008 ) a dictionary may be regarded as a lexicographical product that is characterised by three significant features: ( 1 ) it has been prepared for one or more functions ; ( 2 ) it contains data that have been selected for the purpose of fulfilling those functions ; and ( 3 ) its lexicographic structures link and establish relationships between the data so that they can meet the needs of users and fulfill the functions of the dictionary.

According to a 2008 article in The Wall Street Journal, Dartmouth graduates also earn higher median salaries at least 10 years after graduation than alumni of any other American university surveyed.

According to a decision by The Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany of September 21, 2001, in the version from May 15, 2008, this also applies to PhDs that were awarded in Australia, Israel, Japan, or Canada.

According to the same index series, even " dedicated short bias " funds had a return of − 6. 08 % during September 2008.

According to Lipper, the average US domestic equity mutual fund decreased 37. 6 % in 2008.

According to a Cornell University press release from January 2009, the 2008 – 09 season will be the last Cornell-sponsored search, absent confirmation of the bird:

According to research, the vulture population has undergone a sharp decline on the Indian subcontinent, 95 % decline in 2004, 99. 9 % decline as of 2008 due to the use of diclofenac in animals.

According to the UNODC, by 2008, murder rates in Kosovo had dropped by 75 % in five years.

According to the Forbes Global 2000 list of the world's largest companies in 2008, Mexico had 16 companies in the list.

According to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund estimates, real GDP growth reduced from 8 % to 2. 7 % in 2009, and exports shrunk 26 % from $ 2. 5Bn to $ 1. 9Bn after a promisingly steady increase up until 2008.

According to Chékarou Bagoudou, Chief of the Division of Road Safety and Security of the Nigerien Ministry of Transport, there were 4338 officially reported road accidents in 2008, with 7443 victims, of which 616 were killed.

According to OHCHR, the Oromia Support Group ( OSG ) recorded 594 extra-judicial killings of Oromos by Ethiopian government security forces and 43 disappearances in custody between 2005 and August 2008.

According to an Environmental Working Group analysis of USDA and FDA pesticide residue tests performed from 2000 through 2008, 84 % of the 2, 216 tested potato samples contained detectable traces of at least one pesticide.

According to their initial announcement in 2008, PS 2. 0 is to exist in tandem with the printed version, while allowing more rapid updating of hosting information and networking features.

According to Beverage Digests 2008 report on carbonated soft drinks, PepsiCo's U. S. market share is 30. 8 percent, while The Coca-Cola Company's is 42. 7 percent.

According to the Colombian government, FARC-EP had an estimated 6, 000 – 8, 000 members in 2008, down from 16, 000 in 2001, having lost much of their fighting force since President Álvaro Uribe took office in 2002.

According to the estimate of a former prime minister, Hrant Bagratian, 55 percent of Armenia's GDP is controlled by 44 families.

According to another estimate, the ratio between the country's Gross Domestic Product ( GDP ) and the state's foreign debt has reached 46 percent.

According to the 2006 population estimate, the village has a population of 1, 680.

According to an estimate by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ( SIPRI ), 40 % of all Brazilian arms transfers from 1985 to 1989 went to Iraq.

According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $ 57, 189, and the median income for a family was $ 93, 297.

According to a 1999 estimate, there are no merchant marines and there are two airports, both having paved runways of 914 to 1, 523 meters.

According to one estimate made in 2005, 99. 82 % of all deceased Japanese are cremated.

According to a conservative estimate, about 40 percent of the island's original forest cover was lost from the 1950s to 2000, with a thinning of remaining forest areas by 80 percent.

According to a 1964 estimate, approximately 580, 000 Macedonians live outside of the Macedonian Republic, nearly 30 % of the total population.

According to a separate estimate by the United Nations, Earth ’ s population exceeded 7 billion in October 2011, a milestone that offers unprecedented challenges and opportunities to all of humanity, according to UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.

According to an official estimate for 1 August 2012, the population of Russia was 143, 200, 000.

According to Heydrich's estimate between 4, 000 and 5, 000 people had been arrested by February 1942.

According to a 2004 estimate the State Union had 10, 825, 900 inhabitants.

According to a July 2006 estimate, the State Union had 10, 832, 545 inhabitants.

According to the available evidence, the best overall estimate of short-term memory is about four pieces or " chunks " of information.

According to one estimate, Ur was the largest city in the world from c. 2030 to 1980 BC.

According to one estimate by the World Chelonian Trust, about 97 % of 31. 8 million animals harvested in the U. S. over a three-year period ( November 4, 2002 – November 26, 2005 ) were exported.

According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the CDP was $ 94, 966, and the median income for a family was $ 107, 210.

According to one estimate, leasing a top-level motorcycle for a rider costs about 3 to 3. 5 million dollars for a racing season.

According to the latest estimate by the Medicare trustees ( 2011 ), the trust fund is expected to become insolvent in 13 years ( 2024 ), at which time available revenue will cover 90 percent of annual projected costs.

According to a 2008 estimate, Perth has a population of 44, 820.

According to one estimate, the native population in and around the missions proper was approximately 80, 000 at the time of the confiscation ; others claim that the < u > statewide </ u > population had dwindled to approximately 100, 000 by the early 1840s, due in no small part to the natives ' exposure to European diseases they lacked immunity from, and from the Franciscan practice of cloistering women in the convento and controlling sexuality during the child-bearing age.

According to the 2000 U. S. Census, the population was 117, 743, while a July 1, 2005, estimate placed the population at 143, 105, an 18 % increase making it the 84th fastest growing county in the United States between 2000 and 2005.

According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $ 104, 935, and the median income for a family was $ 122, 482.