This document contains information from various sources about population trends around the world. It discusses current global population figures from the US Census Bureau. It also includes population pyramids showing the age distribution of populations in Germany and Japan. Charts from the World Bank show historical fertility rate trends. Articles are cited discussing population decline issues in South Korea and the US. The demographic transition model is depicted, showing the shift from high birth and death rates to low rates as countries develop.

1. US Census Bureau. U.S. and World Population Clock.
http://www.census.gov/popclock/
https://www.livepopulation.com/country/germany.html
https://www.livepopulation.com/country/japan.html

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© World regional geography
Mark M. Miller
The university of Southern Mississippi

3. Population pyramids in this slideshow, unless noted otherwise, from: PopulationPyramid.net.
Retrieved February 2, 2019: https://www.populationpyramid.net/

14. World Bank. Fertility rate, total (births per woman).
Retrieved Feb 3, 2019:
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN

15. Economist. Raving ravens. 8/19/07:
http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9122814
Noack, Rick. 2014. Why South Korea predicts its end will come in 2750. Washington
Post. August 30:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/08/30/why-south-korea-
predicts-its-end-will-come-in-2750/

16. Cha, Ariana E. 2018. As U.S. fertility rates collapse, finger-
pointing and blame follow. Washington Post. October 19:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2018/10/19/us-
fertility-rates-collapse-finger-pointing-blame-follow/

17. From University of Miami
Biology. Retrieved 3/6/06:
http://fig.cox.miami.edu/~cmalle
ry/150/handouts/fertility.jpg
Demographic
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18. Ellen Byron. From Diapers to
'Depends': Marketers Discreetly Retool
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