但现在，城市人口和乡村人口几乎相当。
Right now, the global populations of urban and rural folk are roughly the same.
2005年城镇人口绝对值将会上升，乡村人口绝对值呈下降趋势，老年人口将突破1亿人大关。
In 2005, the absolute population of towns and cities will increase, accordingly, the absolute population of villages will decrease, and the number of old people will exceed 10 million.
报告认为，今年生活在城市中的人口将有史以来首次超过乡村人口，报告还表示，没有迹象表明这种趋势正在放缓。
This year it is believed that the number of people living in urban areas exceeded those in the countryside for the first time ever, but the report says there is no sign of the trend slowing.
这大多发生在更加富裕的地方，例如北美和欧洲。这些地方由于乡村人口不断减少，因此林地不再面临压力。
This was mostly in richer places, such as North America and in Europe, where dwindling rural populations have taken the pressure off forestland.
1891年，托马斯·哈代（Thomas Hardy）在其著名的小说《德伯家的苔丝》（Tess ofthe D’Urbervilles）中为英国乡村人口的减少而扼腕叹息。
IN HIS 1891 novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy lamented the depopulation of the English countryside.
1891年，托马斯·哈代（Thomas Hardy）在其著名的小说《德伯家的苔丝》（Tess ofthe D’Urbervilles）中为英国乡村人口的减少而扼腕叹息。
IN HIS 1891 novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy lamented the depopulation of the English countryside.
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