Tag: fertility rates
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Why Population Control Is Not The Answer to Climate Change
Population control is sometimes championed as a way to fight climate change. Bernie Sanders recently raised this idea. The world population is growing. There are 7.7 billion people today. According to United Nations estimates, there will be nearly 11 billion in 2100. Extra people mean extra CO2 emissions. While two children per woman may seem…
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Demography Links
1. Washington Post: Robert Samuelson: America’s demographic denial … For proof, see Paul Taylor’s new book, “The Next America.” Taylor oversees many of the Pew Research Center’s opinion surveys. His masterful synthesis of polls shows that three familiar mega-trends lie at the core of America’s political and social stalemate. First, immigration. By 2050, immigrants and…
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Great Short Video on Declining Fertility Rates
This short video gives a wonderful presentation of declining fertility rates over the past fifty years and explains what falling fertility rates mean for the world. Go to the website here: The Baby Bust
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Saturday Links
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1. Atlantic: Could Earth's Population Peak in 2050? "For the past two decades, demographers have generally agreed that global population growth will continue to inch steadily higher in the coming century, raising concerns about everything from pollution to housing to the world's water supply. But a new study out of Spain suggests those estimates may…
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World Population Will Peak At 8.5 Billion In 2030
Business Insider: World Population Will Peak At 8.5 Billion In 2030 I write about this every now and then, because human fertility is falling faster then most demographers expect. Using the CIA Factbook for data, the present total fertility rate for the world is 2.47 births per woman that survives childbearing. Last year it was 2.50,…
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Go forth and multiply a lot less
The Economist: Go forth and multiply a lot less Lower fertility is changing the world for the better. SOMETIME in the next few years (if it hasn’t happened already) the world will reach a milestone: half of humanity will be having only enough children to replace itself. That is, the fertility rate of half the…