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Indy
12-20-2006, 01:37 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6197315.stm

Japan population 'set to plummet'

Women are marrying later and having fewer children
A dwindling birth rate is expected to cut Japan's population by 30% over the next 50 years, a survey by the government has said.
The report says the current population of about 127m is projected to sink below 90m by 2055.

By that date the proportion of the population aged above 65 is set to double to 40.5%.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to bring in policies that would prevent further falls in birth rates.

Correspondents say the current trend is caused by women marrying later in life and having fewer children.

In 2005 for the first time since World War II the Japanese population declined, the survey by the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research for the ministry of health noted...MORE AT LINK




Do you think this will happen in the U.S. as baby boomers die? :think
Phoenix
12-20-2006, 03:23 PM
Gee. I thought the world is over-populated? I have a friend who refused to have any children because of that. :shrug
Indy
12-20-2006, 03:26 PM
Gee. I thought the world is over-populated? I have a friend who refused to have any children because of that. :shrug

The world IS over-populated. Apparently, the Japanese people got to crowded and decided the same thing as your friend. :lol
Phoenix
12-20-2006, 03:31 PM
Yeah. I like to say I had her share. :lmao
cassandra
12-20-2006, 03:33 PM
I think it is just a trend and that we will see a resurgence of births.
April15
12-20-2006, 04:12 PM
The population of the us is not yet going down but China has the most people. Once we get a resurgence of chatholisism births should go up dramatically.
Dano
12-20-2006, 08:00 PM
Is Earth overpopulated or just over concentrated?

Given one square foot in which to stand, the population of the world could be in Jacksonville, Florida at the same time.
TrueBlue
12-20-2006, 08:22 PM
A similar comment was made about Oregon the other day.

Can you give us the numbers? How many square feet in Jacksonville?
Dano
12-20-2006, 08:39 PM
A similar comment was made about Oregon the other day.

Can you give us the numbers? How many square feet in Jacksonville?

You do the math if you doubt it.
April15
12-20-2006, 08:58 PM
Is Earth overpopulated or just over concentrated?

Given one square foot in which to stand, the population of the world could be in Jacksonville, Florida at the same time.Of course it is over concentrated because man settles near water more than anywhere else.