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Skriven 2009-02-27 04:44:40 av Bob Ackley (1:300/3)
  Kommentar till text 28061 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
Ärende: Question
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Replying to a message of Roy Witt to Ward Dossche:

 WD>>>> The population of the city of metropolitan Missoula has near
 RW>>> tripled
 WD>>>> from something less than 40,000 to near 100,000 in 20-25 yrs.

 RW>>> When people fuck, and that's all there is to do in Missoula, one of
 RW>>> them usually gets pregnant. That's why the population has grown.
 RW>>> Since it happened over a 25 year period, that is a lot of fucking.

 WD>> A 200% growth-rate over 25 years due to fucking alone would be an
 WD>> incredible world record.

 RW> 1st year, 20,000 have 1 kid. = 60,000

 RW> 2nd year, 20,000 have 1 kid  = 80,000

 RW> 3rd year, 20,000 have 1 kid  = 100,000

 RW> It could have happened in 3 years.

 RW> You're aware that the birth rate is higher than the death rate?

Only in some places.  In most of the western world the birth rate does not
exceed
the replacement rate, IOW the death rate is higher than the birth rate.  I
think Italy
is the only western country that has a birth rate slightly higher (2.1 children
per
couple) than the 'replacement rate,' most other western societies have a rate
slightly
lower than 2.0 children per couple.  The US population would have declined
significantly
over the past half century or so if it were not for immigration (legal and
otherwise).

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