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HI,

>
> Demographer Phillip Longman wrote a book in 2004
>
> "The Empty Cradle" in which he says that birthrates
>
> around the world are declining...and...will soon bring
>
> about population decline.
>
> [Despite the fact that absolute population continues to rise]:
>
> -Global fertility rates are half what they were in 1972...
>
> -Fifty nine countries have fertility rates below replacement
levels...
>
> -etc., etc.
>
> Reported by Jonathan V. Last
> Philadelphia Inquirer 5/21/06
> [ jlast@... ]
>

Yes, that's true for most of the world. Europe, North America, Latin
America and East Asia have already controlled population growth.

However, there still a big question mark that is called Africa. That
region is not stopping growth at all. If population growth does not
stop there soon enough, there is no hope the world does not get
overcrowded.

Regards,

Omar Vega