-Caveat Lector-
2070 ??? that's a laugh
its another one of those business as usual nose to
the grindstone press releases by the establishment.
obviously ww3, NWO and scantily clad special
forces with handbags - the fashion police, will have
been assessing and testing our fnords well before then
btw the demographic chart of an ageing population
looks like a coffin :) but i suspect that there will be
plenty to deal with before 2007 never mind 2070
andrew
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From: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 10:34 PM
Subject: [CTRL] World Population Set to Peak at 9 Billion -Experts
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> Wednesday August 1 2:07 PM ET
>
> World Population Set to Peak at 9 Billion -Experts
>
> By Patricia Reaney
>
> LONDON (Reuters) - The world's population will probably peak at about 9
> billion around 2070 before it starts to decline, scientists predicted
> Wednesday.
>
> Demographers at a think tank in Austria calculate that by the turn of the
> century the number of people on the planet will have dropped down to 8.4
> billion people.
>
> They also predict the population will be older, with up to 40 percent aged
> over 60 by 2100.
>
> ``We see the end of world population growth on the horizon. But the level
of
> population size and the speed of increase will depend on policy and
> development in the different regions,'' Wolfgang Lutz said in a telephone
> interview.
>
> But Lutz, a demographer at the International Institute for Applied Systems
> Analysis in Laxenburg, said the predictions reported in the science
journal
> Nature should not mean the end of population concerns because populations
> will still be increasing in some of the world's poorest areas.
>
> ``Some of the most vulnerable regions, such as sub-Saharan Africa or South
> Asia, will still see very significant population growth,'' he added.
>
> Although it is impossible to predict what will happen in future centuries,
Lutz
> and his colleagues believe the 9 billion figure could be an all-time high
for
> world population.
>
> ``Population aging will be the dominant population issue of this century
> because the decline in fertility together with further increasing life
expectancy
> in most parts of the world except Africa will result in a significant
change in
> the age structure,'' said Lutz.
>
> NUMBER OF ELDERLY TO RISE
>
> In most European countries people over 60 make up 20 percent of the
> population. Lutz and his team predict that by the middle of the century
the
> figure will rise to 35 percent and reach 45 percent by 2100.
>
> They believe China's percentage of elderly will triple from 10 percent
today to
> 30 percent by 2050. In Japan the elderly will comprise half the population
by
> the turn of the century.
>
> The scientists said life expectancy would continue to rise, except in part
of
> Africa where the HIV (news - web sites)/AIDS (news - web sites) epidemic
> has taken a very heavy toll.
>
> According to the scientists a fertility rate of 2.1 children is needed to
replace
> one generation with another. Many countries already have rates below that
> figure.
>
> The greater number of elderly will increase pressure on social security
> services and demand for care of the elderly and may necessitate changes in
> working habits, according to Lutz.
>
> But he added that declining numbers after the peak would be good news for
> sustainable development because fewer people would cause less damage
> to the environment.
>
> Lutz and his colleagues based their predictions on many different
simulations
> of future world populations and data from a recent U.S. National Academy
of
> Science report.
>
>
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