Friday, September 25, 2009

3 percent of the global population

  • 3 percent of the global population—more than 200 million people—live outside their country of birth
  • Uncounted millions more have moved, or been moved, within their home borders.
  • A great deal of this movement is forced, either by economic pressures or, increasingly, by damage to the environment or human conflict—both of which are exacerbated by rapid population growth.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/earthpulse/crowding-planet-text

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