THOMAS MALTHUS first published his “Essay on the Principle of Population”, in which he forecast that population growth would outstrip the world’s food supply, in 1798.

托马斯马尔萨斯在1798年首次发表的《人口论》中, 他预测, 人口的的增长将超越世界粮食供应能力.

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The first part of the weather forecast application displays the population for a given city.

天气预报应用软件的第一部分显示了一个给定城市的人口。

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There being a "collapse of civilization" or "rapid population decline" might be a better forecast.

若说会出现“文明崩溃”或“人口急剧下降”，那还更有道理。

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But that looks feeble, given that the number of daily car trips is also forecast to increase by more than 500, 000 because of population growth.

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Considering that people over 65 are forecast to rise to 40% of the population by 2050 (up from 12% in 1990 and 20% in 2004, by then already the highest in the G6), one wonders why is has been so hard to make and win the consumption tax argument.

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The urban population of the world is forecast to grow to 6.3 billion people in 2050 from 3.4 billion in 2009, representing both population growth and net migration from countryside to city.

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