This is scary

daedong · Oct 28, 2004

Scary

hillslider · Oct 28, 2004

All I can say is that is pretty wild!!!!!

slowrev · Oct 29, 2004

Kinda makes you wonder what we are going to do doesn't it ?

Ben

Gatorboy · Oct 29, 2004

Scary? I think that's some cool information.

chucko · Oct 29, 2004

107,699,030 now thats a lot of "poo"

MikeFromVA · Oct 29, 2004

I've read an article recently where some scientitst are predicting world population to peak in about 50-60 years and start to decline. They are afraid not of overpopulation but depopulation - Read more
Most of this stuff is chicken little claiming the sky is faling - in the 70's we were told that the next ice age was approaching and now it's global warming...

DaveNay · Oct 29, 2004

( I've read an article recently where some scientitst are predicting world population to peak in about 50-60 years and start to decline. They are afraid not of overpopulation but depopulation - Read more
Most of this stuff is chicken little claiming the sky is faling - in the 70's we were told that the next ice age was approaching and now it's global warming... )

This is already happening in several european countries. I believe that Italy has had a negative population growth for quite some time. This has become a problem due to the low labor/geriatric ratio.

This page gives some interesting information (I can't vouch for the statistical validity). There was also an article on NPR on Oct 11 specifically about Italy, with a response here.

Dave

daedong · Oct 29, 2004

The country's population is expected to grow by 43 percent by 2050 despite a drop in birth rates, the result primarily of immigration.

If i lived in the USA i think this would be scary

AndyM · Oct 29, 2004

"The country's population is expected to grow by 43 percent by 2050..." 

 "If i lived in the USA i think this would be scary" 

The largest city in the United States is 321 square miles and has 8,085,742 people.
This is 25,189 people per square mile.

The entire United States is 3,537,438 square miles and has 294,634,030 people.
This is 83 people per square mile...
I don't see a danger of running out of room. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

There's plenty of room for more people to move to Wyoming...
The state has 97,818 square miles and has a population of 493,782 people.
This is 5 people PER SQUARE MILE. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif