With 267 people being born every minute and 108 dying, the world's population will top 7 billion next year, a research group projects. Lower birthrates and longer life spans will also lead to a a precipitous decline in the ratio of working age adults to the elderly in developed countries. Related Times Topic: Population In a sobering assessment of those two trends, Bill Butz, president of the nonpartisan Population Reference Bureau, said “chronically low birth rates in developed countries...
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