Lessons of Russia's Depopulation Disaster

NewsMax.com ^ | Thursday, Feb. 6, 2003 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[friendly]

Why is it that so often that the wonderful decent, good, people of America are infertile?

[Poohbah]

Why is it that so often that the wonderful decent, good, people of America are infertile?

Because they've bought in on the notion that they can only have one kid, or they get married too late, or they are both employed (two-income families tend to find the breadwinners too stressed to boink each other--which IS a precondition for having kidlets), et cetera, and so on, and so forth, and the beat goes on...

[Servant of the Nine]

Why is depopulation a disaster?
There is absolutely no need for more than a billion people. Land is finite. Less people makes more land available for the ones left.

So9

[Poohbah]

Why is depopulation a disaster?

You planning to kill yourself before you need assistance in your old age?

There is absolutely no need for more than a billion people.

Fine. Lead by example, good sir...

[AntiGuv]

Russia's population is dropping - as the article alludes - because in the post-Soviet era men in general feel they cannot afford a family, and are also managing to kill themselves off at a faster rate. It has very little connection or relevance to why birthrates are dropping in Western Europe & America.

[SamAdams76]

Here are two interesting charts. One shows the top 15 countries by population in 2002. The other chart shows the projected top 15 countries by population in 2050 - based on today's birth/death rate trends.

Note that India passes China as the most populous country while the United States stays at number three. Meanwhile, Russia nearly drops off the chart and Germany and France are nowhere to be found.

World’s Largest Countries in 2002

Rank	Country	Population (millions)
1	China	1,281
2	India	1,050
3	United States	287
4	Indonesia	217
5	Brazil	174
6	Russia	144
7	Pakistan	144
8	Bangladesh	134
9	Nigeria	130
10	Japan	127
11	Mexico	102
12	Germany	82
13	Philippines	80
14	Vietnam	80
15	Egypt	71

World’s Largest Countries in 2050

Rank	Country	Population (millions)
1	India	1,628
2	China	1,394
3	United States	413
4	Pakistan	332
5	Indonesia	316
6	Nigeria	304
7	Brazil	247
8	Bangladesh	205
9	Congo, Dem. Rep. of	182
10	Ethiopia	173
11	Mexico	151
12	Philippines	146
13	Vietnam	117
14	Egypt	115
15	Russia	102

[GovernmentShrinker]

True, but very rapid population decline does pose some serious problems (just as rapid population increase does).

[oyez]

According to Dr Paul Erlich depopulation would be a good thing.

[friendly]

Good points. And let us not forget the contribution of the vermin lawyer industry. American divorce is a journey to hell that utterly destroys lives, and has ruined the institution of marraige.

[friendly]

I note that europeans are pretty much on the road to voluntary extinction, a unique lemming like phenomenon in response to a grotesquely evil culture and mass media.

[StockAyatollah]

Too many people in China + Declining Russian population and excess Russian land = Chinese annexing some Russian land.

[Constantine XIII]

There are few things that p!$$ me off more than the "Down With People" movement. Grrr

[friendly]

NARAL and the abortion industry are proud of their work. Blood money is lucrative I guess.

[flushed with pride]

Paul Erlich is a socialist/leftist who has made a career out of being wrong. None of the predictions that he made twenty and thirty years ago have come true, yet he is still considered an 'expert' by die-hard liberals who continue to hang on his every word.

[FreedomCalls]

Too many people in China + Declining Russian population and excess Russian land = Chinese annexing some Russian land.

= room for more factories filling my Wal-Mart with $8.00 shirts and $11.00 blue jeans.

[Centurion2000]

bump .... looks like this just might be the asian century then.

[friendly]

Big families are needed (4-8 kids+). Bring back stay at home moms!! (Wish I had one)

[Archie Bunker on steroids]

Mexico doesn't move up? They'd be number three if the US wasn't on their northern border.

[Kenny Bunk]

Can't tell you how many times I have been laughed off this site for stating that Mexico's population is over 100 Million.

Please also notice that this is what they admit to. There's a damn good chance there are far more Mexicans than this ... in Mexico, that is.

[Kenny Bunk]

Archie I forgot to add that the 126 Million increase we pick up will be more than half Mexican!