Re: Nations and their size. Long.

On Thu, 07 May 1998 01:01:15 +0100, Tony Wilkinson
<twilko@ozemail.com.au>
wrote:

> 
>Does anyone have a population figure for Japan.

A book I have lists Japan as having 121,000,000 people as of 1984. It
projects
130 million by the turn of the century. Japan's birth rate is currently
1.4:1
(yep, that's WELL below sustainability, especially since they don't
allow wide
scale immigration). If you want a country that's tempted to try new
bio-tech,
there you have it...

Allan Goodall	     agoodall@sympatico.ca

"Once again, the half time score, 
 Alien Overlords: 142,000. Scotland: zip."
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