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Demographic divergence between today's developed and developing worlds is set to revolutionise the economic, political and military balance of power across the globe.Over the next 50 years, Japan, Russia and many European countries face a sustained outright fall in population. For most other European nations, the prospect is one of ageing stagnation and high immigration. Throughout Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas, numbers are rising rapidly and show no signs of stopping. By the end of the century, it is likely that population growth in the developing world will also stall. But long before this happens, demographic divergence between today's developed and developing worlds will have revolutionised the economic, political and military balance of power across the globe. In this riveting book, The Power of Numbers sets out figures and projections, identifies the winners and the losers and examines the costs and complications likely to result from this emerging globe-altering upheaval.

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Ehrman sets out clearly how what he calls the demographic crunch increases costs to the taxpayer, shifts power and wealth to countries with higher birth rates and forces countries with low ones to bring in more and more immigrants... Many of those who obsess about the population explosion fear that it will condemn the world to poverty. This is the great illusion. Wait until population implodes if you want to rediscover what being poor means.

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