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Old Posted Feb 5, 2010, 9:20 PM
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Why do you expect them to slow or be in the negative? Aging population?
Aging population plus reduced immigration as more developed nations compete for immigrants and developing world economies improve to the point where opportunities at home are more attractive than those abroad.

Twenty years from now I suspect the US will be the only developed nation with any kind of substantial population growth as it has a signficantly higher birth rate.
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