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Originally Posted by vharlow  Perhaps this is a guarded argument against the Muslim population bomb.... After all, Europeans are not reproducing at replacement level, neither the Russians, Japanese, etc.
So, if they want to have 4 wives and 44 kids, they would have to support 3 other families of Europeans who aren't reproducing at replacement level in order for the privilege of having all those kids!
Nah, the environmentalists would NEVER have anything like that in mind, would they? |
Ah, no. China is the worst, followed by the mostly Hindu country of India, followed by the good old USA.
Heres some facts with links.
According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the resident population of the United States, projected to 05/15/07 at 01:52 GMT (EST+5) is
301,841,971
COMPONENT SETTINGS FOR MAY 2007
One birth every.................................. 8 seconds
One death every.................................. 13 seconds
One international migrant (net) every............ 27 seconds
Net gain of one person every..................... 11 seconds
U.S. POPClock Projection
World POPClock Projection
According to the International Programs Center, U.S. Bureau of the Census, the total population of the World, projected to 05/15/07 at 01:53 GMT (EST+5) is
6,595,153,982
Monthly World population figures:
07/01/06 6,528,089,562
08/01/06 6,534,625,672
09/01/06 6,541,161,782
10/01/06 6,547,487,051
11/01/06 6,554,023,161
12/01/06 6,560,348,429
01/01/07 6,566,884,540
02/01/07 6,573,420,650
03/01/07 6,579,324,234
04/01/07 6,585,860,345
05/01/07 6,592,185,613
06/01/07 6,598,721,723
07/01/07 6,605,046,992
World POPClock Projection
Populations by country as far as the 1 percentile:
1 People's Republic of China 1,321,000,000 20.05%
2 India[1] 1,129,000,000 17.14%
3 United States 301,819,700 4.58%
4 Indonesia 234,950,000 3.57%
5 Brazil 186,500,000 2.83%
6 Pakistan 163,630,000 2.48%
7 Bangladesh 150,500,000 2.28%
8 Russia 141,400,000 2.15%
9 Nigeria 134,700,000 2.04%
10 Japan 127,720,000 March 1, 2007 1.94%
11 Mexico 103,263,388 Oct. 17, 2005 1.57%
12 Philippines 88,461,700 July 1, 2007 1.34%
13 Vietnam 85,850,000 1.3%
14 Germany 82,310,000 Dec. 31, 2006 1.25%
15 Egypt 80,880,000 1.23%
16 Ethiopia 77,431,000 1.18%
17 Turkey 71,170,000 May 13, 2007 1.08%
18 Iran 65,990,000 May 13, 2007 1%
For more areas see this link:
List of countries by population - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I think proper education on the growing population is required worldwide. Unfortunately it will be the poor people who die first if we get to the point of using all our resources up. Now why is this never mentioned? The rich are in charge, thats why.