Quotes of the Day

“Every billion more people makes life more difficult for everybody — it’s as simple as that.”
Wednesday, May. 04, 2011

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  • JOHN BONGAARTS,
  • a demographer at the Population Council, on a U.N. report that projects the world population will hit 10.1 billion by the year 2100
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