The world’s population will increase from today’s 7.3 billion people to 9.7 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion at century’s end, John R. Wilmoth, the director of the United Nations (UN) Population Division, told a session focused on demographic forecasting … Read the rest
Tag: demography
Africa’s population explosion over next 35 years
A United Nations report has projected the world’s population to reach 11.2 billion by the end of the century. Africa alone will account for half of the population growth over the next 35 years.
The world’s population is expected to … Read the rest
China to give up one-child policy
All Chinese couples will be allowed to have a second child within six months, say reports, amid concerns over shrinking labour force and ageing population.
A decades-old policy restricting many Chinese families to a single child will soon be … Read the rest
Islam to catch up with Christianity by 2050
As of 2010, Christianity was by far the world’s largest religion, with an estimated 2.2 billion adherents, nearly a third (31%) of all 6.9 billion people on Earth. Islam was second, with 1.6 billion adherents, or 23% of the global … Read the rest
The ‘We need to have a race conversation’ malarkey
You know just how scholarly a policy paper is when it is studded with a clichéd expression like “we need to have a conversation about …” The pop-phrase is familiar from these farcical usages:
“We need to have a conversation … Read the rest
The browning of America
A review of Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics Are Remaking America, by William H. Frey. By Christopher Caldwell
“We believe our diversity, our differences, when joined together by a common set of ideals, makes us stronger, makes us more … Read the rest
White children in US soon to be outnumbered
White children will be outnumbered by minority kids in the United States in just five years, new Census Bureau projections reveal.
This is the result of an ongoing trend of declining birth among white Americans and a baby boom among … Read the rest
White flight in Hartford
The shrinking population of white students in Hartford’s suburbs is complicating efforts to comply with Connecticut’s landmark school desegregation settlement — and even making it harder for some of the capital city’s students to attend new schools created to help … Read the rest
4 billion Africans by end of century
The unity of European culture – a response to Alain de Benoist
by Dan Roodt
Last month a very interesting interview appeared with French thinker Alain de Benoist in American Renaissance. One of its main ideas is that we are living in an increasingly fragmented world. As Benoist puts it:
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US birthrate hits all-time low
The recession has been over for four years, but the birth rate in the U.S. continues to fall as many people struggle with a sluggish economy and financial uncertainty.
According to a recent analysis by the Pew Institute, since 2007 … Read the rest
The new UK breadwinner
A woman in her late 20’s came to the hospital today with her 8th pregnancy. She said to me me “My mum told me that I am the breadwinner for the family.”
I asked her to explain. She said that
Young black women adore Obama
While Obama carried the youth vote overall, his support declined from 2008 among all young voters and among key subgroups. In particular, Obama lost ground among young whites, men and 
independents.
Only 44% of white voters under 30 backed Obama, … Read the rest
Will the US Follow South Africa Down the Path of White Decline?
by Dan Roodt
In the aftermath of President Obama’s victory, the Wall Street Journal described the GOP as the WOP, the White Old Party. Indeed, the Republican Party finds itself in a demographic death spiral as youth, single women, blacks, … Read the rest