Sir San Diego
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I came across an interesting article that, if accurate, means our children and grandchildren will grow up in a very different world than we did.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...in-africa-grasping-the-scale-of-the-challenge
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.time...eaths-exceed-births-united-states/?source=dam
I have a lot of questions, but would like to have an open discussion (including all races) regarding what this means and how it will effect us all.
From any big-picture perspective, these population dynamics will have an influence on global demography in the 21st century. Of the 2.37 billion increase in population expected worldwide by 2050, Africa alone will contribute 54%. By 2100, Africa will contribute 82% of total growth: 3.2 billion of the overall increase of 3.8 billion people. Under some projections, Nigeria will add more people to the world’s population by 2050 than any other country.
...The total fertility rate of Africa is 88% higher than the world standard (2.5 children per woman globally, 4.7 children per woman in Africa).
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...in-africa-grasping-the-scale-of-the-challenge
The study, by the University of New Hampshire, found natural decreases in the white population across 17 states in 2014, including Florida, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, which together comprise 38% of the U.S. population. That’s a big shift from 2004 when only four states had more white deaths than births. The declines, exacerbated by the Great Recession, are largely driven by an aging white population, fewer women of childbearing age, and lower fertility rates overall, according to researchers.
From 1999 to 2014, the number of white births fell 8.4% to 2.1 million overall in the U.S., declines accelerated by the 2008-09 recession that caused many women to delay having children due to economic concerns. The number of deaths in that same period rose 5.8% to more than 2 million. Previous studies have shown that more white Americans, particularly middle-aged men, are dying from opioid abuse, suicide and problems associated with obesity in recent years.
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.time...eaths-exceed-births-united-states/?source=dam
I have a lot of questions, but would like to have an open discussion (including all races) regarding what this means and how it will effect us all.
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