Other Countries are Aging Faster than We Are
Most of the developed countries in both Europe and East Asia will become veritable old-age homes: A third or more of their populations will be over 65, compared with only a fifth in America… Some 30 years ago, Russia…was considerably more populous than the U.S. Today…Russia’s low birth and high mortality rates suggest that its population will drop to less than one-third that of the U.S. by 2050.
Full article on America’s upcoming demographic advantage.
I don’t know whether this is good or bad. If we have too many people (using too many resources, causing global warming, etc.) maybe its a good thing that people are having fewer children.
Bruce: no kids, no new taxpayers. Whose going to keep the Social Security and Medicare Ponzi schemes going?
Unfortunately for all these countries, the only solution is immigration. We are already doing it. The American population of European origin has the same birth rates as the Europeans have. And increasingly, those countries are importing poeple from the less developed world.
Was Russia more populous than the U.S., or was it the U.S.S.R.?
um…i dont understand