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Yes that is truly amazing. That will relegate the US to the 5th place within 20-25 years. And actually, even Pakistan could overtake the US. And if you count t

by flexie 7y ago

Yes that is truly amazing. That will relegate the US to the 5th place within 20-25 years. And actually, even Pakistan could overtake the US. And if you count the EU as one country, which is increasingly true, then the US could easily be the 7th largest country in 2-3 decades: India China EU Indonesia Nigeria Pakistan US And including the EU, which is still catching up with regards to it’s Eastern and Southern European population, all of those places are poised to get much richer in the coming decades.

rerx 7y ago
> And if you count the EU as one country, which is increasingly true I guess you read different news than I do.
vorg 7y ago
If the EU is one country, then why not India/Bangladesh, whose combined population overtook China's in 2008 ? Most interesting to me is Japan's projected population of 85 million in 2100, compared to 125 million today.
- nextos 7y ago
  Because EU is a political entity, somewhat a very loose federation. India and Bangladesh are not.
  - vorg 7y ago
    Counting French and Germans as a single population group doesn't really make sense, since their languages are far more different than, say, the different flavors of Bengali spoken in Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. And of course the French government's childcare policies are quite different to Germany's. France is also more liberal than Germany in granting citizenship to those of other ethnic groups.
    - takee 7y ago
      Did you know that languages even within different states in India can be vastly more different than the differences between French and German, all with a different script and all? Yes, India is probably more diverse all on it's own, compared to all of EU perhaps.
      - billfruit 7y ago
        But there is no political union between India, Bangladesh, where as EU is every day becoming a multinational super state, than a collection of independent sovereign nations.

by flexie 7y ago

rerx 7y ago

> And if you count the EU as one country, which is increasingly true I guess you read different news than I do.

vorg 7y ago

If the EU is one country, then why not India/Bangladesh, whose combined population overtook China's in 2008 ? Most interesting to me is Japan's projected population of 85 million in 2100, compared to 125 million today.

nextos 7y ago
Because EU is a political entity, somewhat a very loose federation. India and Bangladesh are not.
- vorg 7y ago
  Counting French and Germans as a single population group doesn't really make sense, since their languages are far more different than, say, the different flavors of Bengali spoken in Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. And of course the French government's childcare policies are quite different to Germany's. France is also more liberal than Germany in granting citizenship to those of other ethnic groups.
  - takee 7y ago
    Did you know that languages even within different states in India can be vastly more different than the differences between French and German, all with a different script and all? Yes, India is probably more diverse all on it's own, compared to all of EU perhaps.
    - billfruit 7y ago
      But there is no political union between India, Bangladesh, where as EU is every day becoming a multinational super state, than a collection of independent sovereign nations.