The HARDminute # 43
A Series of “Top Tens”
That Took Forever to Compile
But Requires Only Sixty Seconds
for You to Read.
Top 10 Countries’ Birthrates*
India: 24,073,392
China: 17,778,908
Nigeria: 5,428,253
Indonesia: 4,960,256
Pakistan; 4,919,004
Bangladesh: 4,417,163
USA: 4,264,142
Brazil: 3,097,174
Ethiopia: 2,860,779
Congo: 2,798,765
(source: US Census Bureau, International Data Base 2007 est.)
Birthrates do not necessarily translate into long term population growth. “Permanent” population growth is also affected by overall health, life expectancy, etc. The above figures are for live births only. However, there are some results that demographers can already see.
India is now forecast to surpass China in total population by 2030, five years earlier than previously thought.
India’s population is slated to rise by almost 350 million over the next quarter century, twice as fast as the United States, Western Europe and China combined.
China’s population is currently larger than India’s by 182 million, (1,133,900,000 vs. 1,157,000,000) but by 2050 India’s population is expected to exceed China’s by 200,000,000.
India’s urban population is projected to rise from 29 percent of total population in 2005 to 41 percent by 2030.
And, just to put things in perspective, the India mobile subscriber base is set to exceed 737 million connections by 2012.
Please let me know if this is of interest to you. I welcome your feedback!
HARD
A Series of “Top Tens”
That Took Forever to Compile
But Requires Only Sixty Seconds
for You to Read.
Top 10 Countries’ Birthrates*
India: 24,073,392
China: 17,778,908
Nigeria: 5,428,253
Indonesia: 4,960,256
Pakistan; 4,919,004
Bangladesh: 4,417,163
USA: 4,264,142
Brazil: 3,097,174
Ethiopia: 2,860,779
Congo: 2,798,765
(source: US Census Bureau, International Data Base 2007 est.)
Birthrates do not necessarily translate into long term population growth. “Permanent” population growth is also affected by overall health, life expectancy, etc. The above figures are for live births only. However, there are some results that demographers can already see.
India is now forecast to surpass China in total population by 2030, five years earlier than previously thought.
India’s population is slated to rise by almost 350 million over the next quarter century, twice as fast as the United States, Western Europe and China combined.
China’s population is currently larger than India’s by 182 million, (1,133,900,000 vs. 1,157,000,000) but by 2050 India’s population is expected to exceed China’s by 200,000,000.
India’s urban population is projected to rise from 29 percent of total population in 2005 to 41 percent by 2030.
And, just to put things in perspective, the India mobile subscriber base is set to exceed 737 million connections by 2012.
Please let me know if this is of interest to you. I welcome your feedback!
HARD
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