[drew51]

I doubt they are correct. Canada is about to go negative. So are we. So the sq mi figure doesn't hold up. Lot's of room in Canada!


"Given Canada's overall growth of 0.9% in the year 2006, we divide 70 by .9 (from the 0.9%) and yield a value of 77.7 years. Thus, in 2083, if the current rate of growth remains constant, Canada's population will double from its current 33 million to 66 million.
However, if we look at the U.S. Census Bureau's International Data Base Summary Demographic Data for Canada, we see that Canada's overall growth rate is expected to decline to 0.6% by 2025. With a growth rate of 0.6% in 2025, Canada's population would take about 117 years to double (70 / 0.6 = 116.666)."

http://geography.about.com/od/populationgeography/a/populationgrow.htm



I doubt even those figures will hold up to fact. We will see! No dispute the growth rate is in decline. These figures assume the growth rate doesn't decline more, and it will. They assume the decline stops at .6% with no basis for making that assumption

In 1960 the world growth rate was 2%
Today it is 1.4%
Again why will this decline stop at 1.4%? it won't. Soon world population will be decreasing.