That said, I don't feel pessimistic that we are going to run out of resources: we are becoming more efficient at producing food faster than the rate at which population is increasing.

及此，我对我们资源殆尽并不悲观：我们生产粮食的速度超过了人口增长的速度。

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If the world population goes on increasing at its present rate, we may, in fifty years' time, be burning up so much energy that we would damage the earth's atmosphere.

如果世界人口继续以当前这种速度增长的话，也许，五十年后，这样燃烧如此多的能源将会致使我们破坏地球的大气层。

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Japan's fertility rate has dropped to 1.34 children per woman, shrinking the pool of workers and consumers, and increasing the burden on younger employees to pay for an aging population.

日本的生育率已经降到了平均每个妇女生1.34个孩子，这使得劳动力和消费人群不断减少，年轻劳动者养活老龄人口的压力越来越大。

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While in developed countries the aging population and an increasing rate of chronic diseases among the older population will continue to drive demand for nutrition products, the rise of the middle class is likely to boost sales in emerging markets.

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This signals not only the immense rate of population growth in non-European countries, something Drucker recognized, but also their increasing clout.

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Although their use by the courts has been increasing, Scotland still has a relatively high rate of imprisonment, at 141 per 100, 000 population, compared with 66 in Norway and 70 in Denmark.

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