[Future Useless Eater]

I enjoyed your charts... Here they are again, side-by-side... easier to read.

World’s Largest Countries in 2002

Rank	Country	Population (Mill)
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 (Mill)
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

[friendly]

The graph of year 2050 is inaccurate and the actual figures may very different for two reasons:

1) France may be a new role model (!). Our loyal and courageous allies are experiencing a major population boom, so bad that the obstetrics units are totally overwhelmed all over France.

Reason? A massive financial incentive plan to encourage pregnancies and motherhood. Works like a chaem. Europe is all abuzz over this phenomenon, and there is talk of implementing the same plan throughout depopulated Europe, including our new best friends in Eastern Europe.

2) Population control efforts are most of the countries supposedly growing out of control in the 2050 projections. These measures are usually amazingly effective when fully implemented (just look at Europe).

[texas booster]

Can you update the chart to show which countries are predominantly Moslem?

I count Pakistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Egypt as predominately Moslem. Now we understand a little more of Israel's concerns about the future.

I am amazed that Pakistan and Bangladesh are already as big as Russia, people-wise. I also didn't realize how large Indonesia has become.

[John123]

Mathematically, the population tables shown look logical. There are several factors that are in play here. One, present Americans have the same low childbirths as in Europe. Two, we allow many immigrants which is a good thing because someone is going to have to pay for our Social Security and the freeze in immigration was one of the causes for our Great Depression after 1929. But, since we are pricing ourselves out of the labor market by raising the minimum wage and forcing manufacturing companies to relocate elsewhere, America's power will be facing a serious decline in population and prosperity. China and India are the next superpowers.