"World demand for paper is expected to grow by 2.1% per year until 2020."[1] Though that's not exactly fair analysis. See for instance this graph published by

"World demand for paper is expected to grow by 2.1% per year until 2020."[1] Though that's not exactly fair analysis. See for instance this graph published by the European Commission Joint Research Center [2][3]. Developed countries will use paper 0.5% more per year (less than population growth of 0.8%) but emerging countries (like China at 0.5% population growth) use it at 4% more per year. [1] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901109000227 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901109... [2] http://i.imgur.com/luBKny9.png http://i.imgur.com/luBKny9.png [3] http://ftp.jrc.es/EURdoc/eur22544en.pdf http://ftp.jrc.es/EURdoc/eur22544en.pdf