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{ 2008 05 01 }

CIA Predicts Growing Instability Due to Rising Population

The American Central Intelligence Agency is predicting that rising population worldwide will cause increased instability, especially in Africa.  Europe was another region cited, due to increasing Muslim population and decreasing non-Muslim population there. 

Expectations are that by 2050, population will rise from 6.7 billion today to more than 9 billion, and, that most of the growth will take place in areas least capable of supporting it. 

Joby Warrick, “CIA Chief Sees Unrest Rising With Population, The Washington Post, May 1, 2008

Posted by Ted Thornton on Thursday, May 1, 2008, at 6:45 am. Filed under Islam and the West, Trends. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. You can post a comment or trackback from your blog.

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