Global Demographic Surprises

FOUR SURPRISES IN GLOBAL DEMOGRAPHY by Nicholas Eberstad identifies some interesting global demographic trends:

• The rapid spread of sub-replacement fertility
• The emergence of unnatural gender imbalances among the very young
• Sustained increases in death rates
• American "demographic exceptionalism."

Posted by James Zellmer at August 1, 2004 2:28 AM | Subscribe to this site via RSS:
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