US Will Continue to Grow While Rest of World Shrinks, Says(Catholic)Report

[Nambe]

By Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute

A report released this week by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) claims that almost all of the developed world will face serious and sustained population decline over the next five decades except for the United States, where an above-replacement fertility rate and immigration will account for continued population growth.

According to the report, entitled " 2004 World Population Data Sheet," "The United States is one of few countries in the world whose fertility rate is not falling." In fact, "Among the developed countries, only the United States is likely to see significant growth" in population. The report predicts that the US population will grow from its current 294 million to a level of 420 million by 2050.

In contrast, Europe is facing fertility rates that fall well below replacement level, which is measured in industrialized societies at about two children per woman. "In Europe, the average falls far short of two children. Such low rates will ensure population decline and, in many European countries, the annual number of births is less than the number of deaths." ..

Quality of Life not mentioned

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[daleo]

1. Canada was also expected to grow

Although this growth would be strictly through immigration, given current trends (according to the report). It is interesting that the U.S. has kept relatively high fertility levels, compared to the rest of the western world. One more way it is sometimes an outlier in the industrial world. Religiosity is another - the two may well be related.

On the other hand, demographic assumptions can deviate from what actually happens. Nobody (not many people, anyway) predicted the baby boom of the postwar years in the industrial world.

[Mr.Green93]

2. US Will Continue to Grow

the white hegemony will be broken forever

[LauraK]

3. Air pollution, traffic, qualilty education, and on and on.

Good for Europe! They have an eye on the future generations and the quality of life they will have.

[Gregorian]

4. Thank you for that!

The idea of growth gives me a headache. Thank you for your post. I feel a little better. If only I felt like I could travel, I'd look around the world for a place to live. Watching the tour de france was like a ray of sunshine- people who respected bicycling. Man, there's got to be a better place than this. I hear England is going to explode in population, also. It's not just growth that bothers me, it's the type of growth, and the types of people. Yuck! I've had my share of this stupid american mentality. Unfortunately, I'd have to give up all of my "things" in order to move. I have a machine shop. Try picking that up and moving it around. I've done it twice. Oh well, maybe there's life after life.