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Some demographers, however, argue that plummeting fertility rates and a rapidly aging population are reasons enough to ease the rules.

Demographers used to say that fertility rates only fell when women got educated and the economy got rich.

Demographers expect the size of the working-age population to peak sometime in the next five years or so, and then gradually decline.

Some of the sociologists, psychologists and demographers who study this new life stage see it as a good thing.

Demographers are waiting to see the full census results before drawing conclusions about data quality.

Sex and affection, some Mexican demographers argue, tend to be signs of confidence, expressions of faith that opportunities await.

Chinese demographers have been arguing that the fertility rate actually is considerably lower than official claims suggest.

demographers also expect strains on the household registration system , which restricts internal migration.

But demographers, economists and politicians are right to fret about our greying.

Demographers reckon that at least three-quarters of Egyptians actually live in urban areas.

Demographers also contend that China has overestimated the real fertility rate to help justify the one-child restrictions.

This year, World Habitat Day falls during the month when demographers predict our planet's seven billionth inhabitant will be born.

Demographers forecast that Memphis will soon become the nation's first majority black metropolitan region .

Demographers study trends in population growth to understand what factors cause changes in the size and make-up of human communities.

millions of soon - to - retire baby boomers , say demographers , will propel this trend for years to come.

Today, China has a rapidly aging society that demographers warn could present significant problems.

Demographers are perhaps best known for making population projections.

If the demographers are right, a shrinking work force will mean a drag on gross-domestic-product growth.

Demographers cannot put a stop to the growth of population.

By 2050, most demographers agree that non-Hispanic white people will be a minority in the overall national population.

Demographers try to predict social fluidity.

Demographers say this approach is too cautious for the growing labour needs.

Demographers worry the imbalance will make it hard for men to find wives and could fuel the trafficking of women and children as brides.

Having too many people onthe planet is no longer demographers' chief worry; now, having too few is.

With too few workers and too many old people, demographers say China faces an ageing crisis.

Demographers talk about a "low-fertility trap" .

Demographers predict that the US and Europe will represent only 12 per cent of the population of the planet by 2050.

Demographers worry that without change, China will become the first country in the world to age before it gets rich.

Demographers predict that by 2009, only 42 percent of all baccalaureate degrees awarded in the United States will be given to men.

Demographers say the average couple needs to have 2. 1 children to keep the population steady.

Demographers have often noted that most of the emerging world will stay young while the rich world ages.

Most demographers think the one-child policy has imposed huge costs on the country.

Because this is a demographic that has traditionally been overlooked by demographers.

In any event, Dr. Martin says, 'demographers will continue paying very close attention' to whether a cultural sea change is under way.

Demographers expect the global population to peak at around 10 billion (it is now 6. 5 billion) by mid-century.

Demographers have used official census figures to estimate that some 20 to 30 million people died.

Census demographers noted that the percentage of never-married black women 55 and older rose to 13 percent in 2009.

Demographers say it will begin to shrink within just five years, albeit slowly at first.

Demographers estimate the Indian population of Brazil in 1500 at somewhere between 3 and 8 million people.

Until recently most discussion in China has been confined to academic demographers.

And demographers predict the planet will host 9. 5 billion people by 2050.

The key, demographers there say, isthe female literacy rate: At around 90 percent, it's easily the highest inIndia.

But Mr. Cai and other demographers estimate the real rate is closer to 1. 5 children.

That gives Hong Kong a "net reproduction rate" of just 0. 547, in the language of demographers.

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