> Isn't your above message in opposition to itself? To have a
> negative population growth, we shouldn't be having any
> children... :) :) Just food for thought.
DA> Actually no. Negative population growth occurs when the death
DA> rate exceeds the birth rate. Therefore, you can get negative
DA> population growth with a positive birth rate providing the
DA> death rate is greater.
Ok, I knew that. I guess I was thinking, to obtain a _global_ population 
decrease, some countries will have to have almost no births at all, to make 
up for those that aren't able to join the program. I'm assuming nearly all 
industrialized countries (those of us with computer networks, for example :) 
would need very low birth rates indeed, for a global negative population 
growth rate. The countries without education, transportation, and 
communications simply will not have negative population growth.
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