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The Environment / Ideas for population control?
« on: 16/11/2009 15:42:17 »
GOOD NEWS - I found graph that charts fertility rate against GDP per capita. I looks like fertility rates drop to about replacement rate [2.33] at only $5,000 GDP percapita.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/TFR_vs_PPP_2009.svg
BETTER NEWS YET - China is below replacement levels and India is not nearly as high as expected. So, the world may well on the way to population reduction later in this century.
The fertility rate for India is about 2.68 with GDP of $2,600.
The fertility rate for China is about 1.72 with GDP of $5,400.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/TFR_vs_PPP_2009.svg
BETTER NEWS YET - China is below replacement levels and India is not nearly as high as expected. So, the world may well on the way to population reduction later in this century.
The fertility rate for India is about 2.68 with GDP of $2,600.
The fertility rate for China is about 1.72 with GDP of $5,400.
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