| Author: Lester R. Brown |
| InfoShare Partner: Earth Policy Institute |
| Publication Date: January 2009 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: Environment and health/population, Family planning, HIV/AIDS, general, Population growth/trends, Reproductive health, general |
| Region: Global |
| Language: English |
| File Size: 52 KB |
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Some 43 countries around the world now have populations that are either essentially stable or declining slowly. In countries with the lowest fertility rates, including Japan, Russia, Germany, and Italy, populations will likely decline somewhat over the next half-century. A larger group of countries has reduced fertility to the replacement level or just below. They are headed for population stability after large numbers of young people move through their reproductive years. Included in this group are China and the United States. A third group of countries is projected to more than double their populations by 2050, including Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda.
For full report visit http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/Seg/PB3ch07_ss3.htm.
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