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Originally posted by platipus
where exactly is your town?
The size of the U.S. population will most likely peak at 302 million over the next 50 years and then shrink to about 292 million by the year 2080, the U.S. Bureau of the Census predicted last week.
The projections were the first by the bureau since the pre-World War II era to show either a leveling or a decline in the size of the future American population, an official said.
In the very long run, beyond the next fifty years, the concern is total population decline. The
relevant framework of analysis for that concern is population dynamics and there is no other
meaningful option than an increase in fertility in order to sustain a stationary population. Indeed
the 2050 horizon is acceptable but arbitrary
In the longer run, all populations face an unknown future
of low fertility and longer survival, with global population
decline possible before 2100.
Originally posted by mellisamouse
Originally posted by platipus
where exactly is your town?
Up in northern BC, canada.....