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Science 16 October 1998:
Vol. 282. no. 5388, pp. 419 - 420
DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5388.419
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Policy Forum

GLOBAL POPULATION GROWTH:
Demographic Consequences of Declining Fertility

John Bongaarts

In the developed world, fertility rates are dropping precipitously. In his Policy Forum, J. Bongaarts discusses the demographic trends that underlie these decreasing fertility rates and explains how they will influence world population growth in the future.

The author is in the Policy Research Division, The Population Council, New York, NY 10017, USA. E-mail: Jbongaarts{at}Popcouncil.org

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