Russia's population est to be 100 million by 2050.

[Swede]

So is Viet Nam's which is smaller than Texas. There is gonna be a lot of pressure on the Sino-Russian border.

[Redstone]

1. Yes. There's going to be even more empty space in Siberia than there

is now. Say, wasn't that area the dominion of Genghis Khan? May be Mongolian again.

Redstone

[JI7]

2. it's very sad

i can't imagine what the people are going through in the country. they have a lot of problems. it's not all paradise with the downfall of communism there. it's a shame we didn't provide them help after the breakup of the Soviet Union as we did with other nations after WWII.

i remember some links being provided to color photos of the Russian Empire early in the 20th century before the Revolution. it looked so peaceful there and there seemed to be a lot of diversity. very beautiful pictures.

and it's all just going downhill.

[NJ Democrats]

3. What is Russia pop now?

150 million?

[Swede]

4. Yes,they have a double whammy.+

The west's low growth and a mortality rate.

[DavidDvorkin]

5. If they were to join the EU

And open up their country to a hundred million or so settlers from the West . . .

Then there'd be a lot more people there by 2050. And probably producing lots of wealth for themselves and the rest of the world.

[enid602]

6. immigration

Unfortunately, high beef consumption and an ambitious agricultural plans have made thousands of lakes in Northern China disappear; there are only a few left. Illegal immigration into Pacific Russia has already begun.

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. Mother Earth will shake us off and well she should. nt

[TimeToGo]

8. 142,893,540 (July 2006 est.)

What will make them lose so many? Attrition? War?

[Swede]

10. ZPG and life expectancy of 59,

8 million square miles of empty land.

[fuzzyball]

9. Projected super powers in 2050:

Based on current growth rates of their economies,
the 4 most powerful countries in order of size of
economy and military strength would be:

1. China
2. India
3. USA
4 Japan

China and India together will have more than half of world's
population, industry, soldiers in military, scientists, engineers
and GDP.

[daleo]

11. This estimate seems far too low

This one has Russia at 122 million (UN projections). Population projections 40 or 50 years out are notoriously unreliable. Nobody predicted the North American baby boom, for example. Equally, nobody predicted the subsequent baby bust.

Population Over 100 Million, 2050
Medium Variant
million
Population

India
1 529

China
1 478

United States
349

Pakistan
346

Indonesia
312

Nigeria
244

Brazil
244

Bangladesh
213

Ethiopia
170

Congo DR
160

Mexico
147

Philippines
131

Viet Nam
127

Russia
122

Iran
115

Egypt
115

Japan
105

Turkey
101

http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/1999-2000/2000rn09.htm