Thread: The Population Bomb: How We Survived It
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Old 04-07-2011, 01:08 PM   #82
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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967 View Post
Is that true. Everything I can finds states that the population of Europe is increasing, for example;

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm...abels&plugin=1

It is true that the population of Europe as a percentage of the total population of the world is decreasing (due to more rapid growth elsewhere in the world), but that's' not the same thing.
but how much of the population rise in Europe is 'home grown' versus immigration.

Ah ... http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cac...2011-BP-EN.PDF

Replacement level is 2.1 - although the rates are now rising they remain below this optimum figure.

"nice term that ... replacement level"
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