Who is having the population crisis?

[theunbrainwashed]

Originally Posted by pdw

That's a separate problem, but I sincerely hope that our governments will make the right changes before that ever happens.

You're actually taking him seriously? lol!

[pdw]

Originally Posted by theunbrainwashed

You're actually taking him seriously? lol!

Do you believe in climate change? I didn't realise that it was supposed to be a joke.

[theunbrainwashed]

Originally Posted by pdw

Do you believe in climate change? I didn't realise that it was supposed to be a joke.

It is a big joke, that's the funny part

[other99]

Originally Posted by Mornnb

Australia's population will grow from 23 million to 42 million by 2050. That is a 45% increase, and is the highest is the developed world.
Cities is where much of the growth will be. On a per city basis, Sydney will grow from 4.6 million to 7.5 million by 2050, Melbourne will grow from 4 million to 6.5 million and Perth will grow from 1.9 million to 3.5 million.
Here are the statistics:
Birth rate: 1.89 births per woman
Net immigration: 315 700 increase per year
Urbanisation: 89%, with 1.2% increase per year. Australia is all about the cities, people don't want to be in the hot empty outback. This compares to a 82% urbanisation rate in the US, 81% in Canada, 79% in the UK and 73% in Germany.

Yet much of the population growth is due to immigration. It the same case as the US and Canada.

[other99]

Originally Posted by PacoMartin

I was quoting the conclusions of the study, not my own opinion.

In 2006 fully one quarter of the population in Australia was foreign born. For USA that number peaked at 14.8% in 1890 but is only 12.9% in 2010. It is quite possible that Australia has the largest foreign born population in the world.

It is Israel the highest. Australia is the second. New Zealand and Canada comes after that.

[pdw]

What about countries like the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman?