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		cgriswald on March 8, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If you're alive in 30 years you might be in 1000 y... That estimated peak is based on existing and projected death rates. Even Japan's population would grow if death from old age and age-related disease ceased.

paulddraper on March 8, 2016 [–]

Correct. The projection is a projection. If the projection is wrong, the projection will be wrong.

I just give slightly more credence to the UN's projection than Aldring's.

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