Coming demographics.

Most of these population news are alarming and serious. Aren't you glad that you won't witness the results of the upheavals?
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As the U.S. population speeds toward 300 million, the growth is producing headaches for Americans fed up with traffic congestion, sprawl and dwindling natural resources.
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The U.S. is the fastest growing industrialized nation in the world, adding about 2.8 million people a year. That's a little less than 1 percent, but enough to mitigate the kinds of problems facing Japan and many European countries.
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But the alternatives are pretty scary, too. Just look at Europe and Japan, which are on the verge of such big population losses that several countries are practically begging women to have babies.
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When Japan announced in June that its population had shrunk in 2005 for the first time, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said, "The data must be accepted gravely."
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On Friday, Japan announced that it is now the world's most elderly nation, with more than a fifth of its people 65 or older.
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By 2050, the United States is projected to have about 420 million people.
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Many developing countries, meanwhile, are facing population explosions. India is projected to add 473 million people by 2050 for a new total of 1.6 billion, sending it past China as the world's most populous country.
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/05/300.million.growth.ap/index.html