"Four Fastest-Shrinking Countries in the World"

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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/JI10Ag01.html


A comedy of areas


After reading Vice President Dick Cheney's spirited defense on September 4 of the brave Georgian nation and the need to free Ukraine against nefarious Russian intentions, I listened to old comedy clips on YouTube until I felt well enough to write. We don't appreciate people until they are gone, and iconic American stand-up comedian, actor and author George Carlin's death in June was an irreparable loss for American foreign policy. If only Carlin were still alive - or even maybe Sam Kinison (another US stand-up comedian and actor) - none of these terrible things would be happening.

The fact is that there won't be any Georgians or Ukrainians in the not-too-distant future. By coincidence, Washington's two favorite beacons of liberty happen to be the two countries with the world's fastest rate of population decline. By mid-century they will have barely half as many inhabitants as they do today, and half of those who remain will be elderly. Hardly men of military age and women of child-bearing age will remain. Their economies will implode long before the mid-century mark, as soaring retirement costs crush state budgets, and young people emigrate to escape the burden of supporting the elderly.
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there are many countries close behind them, also shrinking.

fertility

healthy newborns

the human race cannot go on without these two things.

man made hormones could be our downfall.

[BlooInBloo]

1. Idiots. They should give 2 real data points, and give the half-life.

[YOY]

2. There is a point where shrinkage stops.

This is assuming that it never stops.

Population shrinkage is good in a world or limited resources. Would that other nations could take their hint.

I understand Eastern European shrinkage. It's tied to the economy as well as the direct ability to take responsibly care of your kids and emmigration.

It does stop at a point.