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Demographics and Population Projections of Japan
INTRODUCTION Japan gets special consideration because it is further along the demographics declining population curve than any other large country. It has the oldest population (highest average age) in the world. It has one of the world’s lowest birth rates. Unless there are major changes in healthcare technology, immigration, public policy, and birth…
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Global Demographics and Population Projections
City Life for Most Residents Before reading this essay and related essays on demographics and population projections, you might want to start with an introduction: Introduction to Demographics and Global Population Projections SUMMARY Global population has more than doubled since 1970, going from 3.7 billion to the current (November, 2023) total of 8.0 billion…
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Demographics, Immigration and Future Economic Growth of the United States
Americans SUMMARY Population projections and demographic changes, especially in the different age cohorts, should be seen along with large annual fiscal deficits and the large and increasing national debt. The connection is the forecasts of large increases in the over-65 age group and the shrinking working age (and tax-paying) age group. This essay should…
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Nigeria
Lagos – Over 30 Million People POPULATION This case study of Nigeria, building on Global Demographics and Population Projections illustrates the problems that recently-independent countries, especially in Africa, have had. Rapid population growth has made it difficult to deal with these problems in the past; continued large population growth in the future will be…
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The Prince in a Democracy
Niccolo Machiavelli It is customary for those who wish to gain the favor of a prince to endeavor to do so by offering him gifts of those things which they hold most precious. Niccolò Machiavelli THE MIND OF THE PRINCE The only goal of a Prince is to get and keep…
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American Colonial History, 1607-1775
Colonial Farm Kitchen. Notice clock in the corner. THE 1600s Preliminary Comments About 350,000 Europeans emigrated to the American colonies in the 1600s. They were risk-takers. They left long-settled communities and societies to get on small, crowded sailing ships to make the dangerous 3,000 voyage to a new land that was mostly wilderness. About…