WORLD'S POPULATION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 13 November 1928, Page 7

WORLD'S POPULATION

ESTIMATES OF FUTURE

PROSPECT OF OVERCROWDING

LONDON, Ist November. In his new book, "The Shadow of the World's Future,"' Sir George Knibbs, formerly Commonwealth Statistician, predicts that the world will "Ss overcrowded iwo centuries hence. Sir Bernard Mallet. a former registrar-general, says he does not think Sir George's statements are too sensational, although the European birthrate threatens to become stationary half a century hence. Dr. Hugh Dalton, M.P., an authority on economics, says that he is not much perturbed by the prospect, since science might enable a huge population to secure a decent living standard. The main divisions of the human race are estimated to number as follows: Mongolian. 680.000,000; Caucasian, 725.000.000: Negro. 210.000.000; Semitic. 100.000. COO: Malavan 104.500,000: Red Indian.'etc.. 30.000,000; total, 1.249.500,000.

According lo statistics gathered by Professor K. M. Fast, of Harvard University, 150.000 persons are born every day and 100.000 die. He says that the population erf the United Slates, which now stands at 119.000.000, will become stationary al 200.000.000 before 2000 A.I).

It lias liee.li estimated that the earth c;m maintain a population <>f 6,000,000,000. a total which, at the present rate of increase of births over deaths, will be readied about 210? A.D.