RE: Population growth rate differentials and consequences
> Behalf Of Andrew Crystall > Also, the "European" trends are based mostly on the analysis of the > "old EU" countries, and not the countries the EU has more recently > expanded to cover, which have younger and more fertile populations. > OK, let's look at the fertility rate for countries added since 2000 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_European_Union_enlargements#History_ of_European_Union_enlargements Bulgaria 1.48 Czech Republic 1.23 Estonia 1.42 Hungary 1.34 Latvia 1.29 Lithuania 1.22 Poland 1.27 Romania 1.38 Slovakia 1.34 Slovenia 1.27 I hope you notice that _all ten_ have fertility rates under 1.5. GB and France are the two main countries that are above the 1.5, with GB at 1.66, and France at 1.89. Dan M. ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Population growth rate differentials and consequences
On 11 Jul 2009 at 13:59, Dan M wrote: > The US is almost perfectly on the ZPG point. It accepts far more immigrants > than anyone else, so it will continue to grow. China has a big demographic Um, quite apart from the issues with that being cracked down on for the sort of people you'd think they'd actually want in recent years (but let's not go into the H1-B fiasco), the UK is looking at 80 million (15 million more) people by 2050. Also, the "European" trends are based mostly on the analysis of the "old EU" countries, and not the countries the EU has more recently expanded to cover, which have younger and more fertile populations. AndrewC ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
