By the early 1990s, the population shrank to about 6,000.

Many predict the industry will shrink to about 2,000, from 3,000 at the beginning of this year.

His income has shrunk to about $1.5 million a year, he said.

Malaysia's is expected to shrink about 5 percent, both this year and next.

In recent years, it has been the only province to lose population, shrinking by about 1 percent a year.

Sea ice cover has been shrinking about 3 percent per decade over the past few decades.

This process results in the planet shrinking by about 2 cm each year.

The budget calls for the city work force to shrink by about 2,300 jobs over the next year, to about 210,700.

Today the remaining community has shrunk to about 50 mostly elderly people.

Delphi's local work force has shrunk from about 4,500 to 3,000 in five years, according to the union.