The decline in Canada is real.
Here is a link to the US Census Bureau with two graphs displaying the
population brackets in Canada for 1994 and 2004.
http://tinyurl.com/5ugek
As you can see the average population has aged and the follow-on population
is a smaller percentage than the older population. As you look at the
graphs, keep in mind that in 10 years, the graphs will look like this:
http://tinyurl.com/4ta28
Then look at the following link, showing the population brackets at 2014 and
2024.
http://tinyurl.com/7ye2t
If you want to look at the pyramids for other countries and years, go here:
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.html
When you couple the graphs with the article to which I linked earlier, you
will begin to understand. (Unless of course, you are a devout member of the
Church of Perpetual Population Explosion.)
I debated putting OT on this thread as this is really on topic when you look
at the HP3000-L population. Every year at the HP3000-L luncheon, we see
grayer and grayer heads, for those who have hair left. I guess one could
look at the HP3000-L population as a microcosm of the population of
developed countries.
Denys
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Collins [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 11:53 AM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Population trends.
> In actuality, we are now in the early stages of a global population
> decline.
> The first areas to be experiencing this trend are Japan, China and Western
> Europe, followed by North America, especially Canada.
According to the CIA
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ca.html the population of
Canada was 32,507,874 in June, 2004. In 1994 according to
http://www.canadainfolink.ca/charttwo.htm it was 29,036,000. While this is
only a 10% increase over 10 years, I wouldn't call it a decline.
I suspect that since November 2004 the population has jumped a bit with an
influx of refugees fleeing from more totalitarian regimes in the
neighbourhood.:-)
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