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The World is Overpopulated The current population is 7.2 billion and rising. Several studies have shown that the Earth’s resources will sustain a maximum of only about 2 billion people at a European standard of living. And note: Americans use about twice the resources per person as do Europeans.
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U.N. forecasts for the population of the world
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U.N. data from www.Worldometers.info
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Selected data from selected countries RankCountryPopulation Yearly % change Fertility Rate 1China1,393,783,8360.59%1.65 2India1,267,401,8491.22%2.53 3U.S.A.322,583,0060.79%1.99 7Nigeria178,516,904*2.82%6.01* 9Russia142,467,651-0.26%1.51 10Japan126,999,808-0.11%1.40 11Mexico123,799,2151.20%2.23 2014 U.N. data from www.Worldometers.info * In 1955 Nigeria’s population was 41,122,332; fertility 6.35
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