"Our planet is approaching a perfect storm of population growth, climate change and peak oil," he said.

“我们的星球正走进人口增长、气候变化和石油峰值的完美风暴，”他说。

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This surge has underpinned rapid economic growth, but is now ending. The share of the working-age population in East Asia will peak this decade and fall to 57% by 2050.

这促进了经济的增长，但现在这种好处要结束了：十年内该人群在东亚会到达顶峰，而到2050年会下降到57%。

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In a given area, the worst will usually be over in four to six weeks as the virus rushes through a susceptible population, cases peak and infections decline with equal speed.

在既定区域，最坏的情况是，当病毒急匆匆地冲向易感人群后的四到六周内，病例数到达顶峰，接着匀速下降。

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No one knows when America will hit its population peak.

ECONOMIST: Demography

In fifteen years, and perhaps as few as ten, its population will peak and then rapidly fall off.

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The National Population and Family Planning Commission estimates the population will peak in 2033, when there will be 1.5 billion Chinese.

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