POLL: Are more people born or dying every day?

[Arkitech]

I always read about a certain amount of people who die every hour or every day due to car accidents, starvation, disease, gun violence, etc... So it makes me wonder are more people born or dying everyday?

I know its said that the world's population is increasing which mean that more people are born but I wonder if that's an inaccurate observation. How is it possible that the population is increasing when there are constant news reports that every day/hour "x" amount of people are dying from aids, civil war, etc..

 

[nageov3t]

when they say that the population is increasing, they mean that more people are being born than dying.

 

[AndrewR]

The world population has gone past 5 billion to over 6 billion within my memory ('85 was the 5 billion point) so I'd say that more people are being born than dying. The vast majority of the population growth is in impoverished nations in Asia and Africa (probably South America, too). US is about breaking even on birthrate, and immigration keeps us growing. Europe is slowly dying as is Japan. China and India are doing a little TOO well.

 

[rh71]

There was a website with a counter for population and if you refresh it every second or two, it'd increment by 2 or 3. Of course it's scripted, but you get the idea.

 

[DaWhim]

depends.

for developed countries, they have problem keeping up the population grow nowadays. you need to have about 2.something to maintain the population grow to keep at that size. as you know, people are getting married late and want to have less kid. the best example is to look at Singapo. the government is strive to get the people to marry. free dating service for single eligible male and female. also, huge tax break for getting married and giving birth.

for developing countries, it is a different story.

 

[Argo]

Unfortunately, born.

 

[Fenixgoon]

depends on where you live, but as a whole planet-- the birth rate is higher than the death rate. DaWhim has it right. for a stable population, its about 2 children/woman. some countries are higher than this, others are lower. The US is slightly below this figure, but immigration makes up for it.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: AndrewR
The world population has gone past 5 billion to over 6 billion within my memory ('85 was the 5 billion point) so I'd say that more people are being born than dying. The vast majority of the population growth is in impoverished nations in Asia and Africa (probably South America, too). US is about breaking even on birthrate, and immigration keeps us growing. Europe is slowly dying as is Japan. China and India are doing a little TOO well.

]Looks like we aren't exactly breaking even.

COMPONENT SETTINGS


One birth every.................................. 8 seconds
One death every.................................. 12 seconds
One international migrant (net) every............ 24 seconds
Net gain of one person every..................... 11 seconds

 

[cquark]

Originally posted by: AndrewR
Europe is slowly dying as is Japan.

I wouldn't call Japan dying, since they're a nation population of over 127,000,000 in an area smaller than the state of California with a population growth rate is 0.08%. From the perspective of an American, both Japan and much of Europe are tremendously overpopulated.