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>The US is fast growing in population. No. Google: 'US births per woman'. In the US, that is ~1.7. 2.1 is considered the replacement rate in developed countri
by bequanna 12y ago
>The US is fast growing in population.
No.
Google: 'US births per woman'. In the US, that is ~1.7. 2.1 is considered the replacement rate in developed countries.
After that, check out: 'world births per woman' Currently (2011) @ 2.41 down from 2.67 in 2000, 3.23 in 1990. Do you expect this trend to suddenly flatten or reverse?
In the future, longer life expectancy will likely have a larger impact on population numbers than birth rates. In specific developed countries, I would also expect immigration to be part a large part of growth.
- bane 12y agoThe U.S. population growth rate is ~.75% per year. Even though the fertility rate is lower than some other industrialized countries, the immigration rate is very high. Global average population growth rate is 1.1%.
- aurelian 12y agoThe US population grew by almost 10%, over 27 million, between 2000 to 2010.
- shakethemonkey 12y agoYes, but not from the birth rate. The US receives well over 1M immigrants per year[1] [1] http://www.pewhispanic.org/files/2005/09/2005-immigration-trends-01.png http://www.pewhispanic.org/files/2005/09/2005-immigration-tr...