Bibliography on world populations, projections, and effects

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URLs on world population

World Population Profile: 1998 (
and related references)
        https://www.census.gov/library/publications/1999/demo/wp95.html
        https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/2019/world-population-day.html
        https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/07/estimated-seven-point-five-eight-billion-people-world-population-day-2019.html
        https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sis/resources/reports/aging-world.html
                US Bureau of the Census, Report/98, US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1999.
            Population data, graphs, tables, projections, methodologies, and relevance.
US Census Bureau
            https://www.census.gov/
                                    Population data and relevance
World Population Trends: United Nations Population
            https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/theme/trends/index.asp
                                    UN data on populations and relevance
Population Aging: 1999    
            https://hdr.undp.org/en/indicators/132706
            https://www.undp.org/popin/wdtrends/a99/a99note.htm
                                    UN data on the Earth’s aging populations
World Resources Institute
            https://www.wri.org/
                                    Population data and relevance           
Population Reference Bureau

            https://www.prb.org/
                                    Source of many data on populations
World Population Data Sheet
          https://www.prb.org/worldpopdata/
                                    Links to summary data on global and regional populations including many parameters
                             (e.g., life expectancies)
The World’s Next ‘Population Problem’
            https://www.prb.org/theworldsnextpopulationproblem/
                      Article on consequences of high and growing human populations.

Reflections On Sustainability, Population Growth And The Environment
            https://npg.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2016-ReflectionsOnSustainabilityForumPaperrev.pdf
                 by Albert A. Bartlett
                    An essay about the science and logic of sustainable populations, including myths, politics,
                         and economics of such populations.
Union Of Concerned Scientists
            https://www.ucsusa.org/
Overpopulation
            https://www.overpopulation.org/
            https://populationmatters.org/about-us
                   Sites about overpopulation with links to “everything” on the subject.
Factoids & Frequently Asked Questions

        https://www.overpopulation.org/faq.html
                                    Concise data on world populations

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Articles on effects of world population

_____________, “Feeding the World's Population”, (Brief Article), BioScience, May, 2000.

Bretzke, James T.,  Legislating Life”, America, May 29, 1999.

Hollingsworth, William G., “Y6B: The Real Millennial Threat. (effects of overpopulation)”, (Brief Article), Sierra, Sept, 1999.

Hopper, W. David, “Introduction: The Future”,  Social Research, Spring, 1999.

Leonard, Mark, “A world without children. populations are decreasing in developed countries, leading to speculation that underpopulation, rather than overpopulation, may be a concern)”,  New Statesman, Oct 11, 1999.

Mcmichael, Anthony J.,  Globalization and the sustainability of human health: an ecological perspective” BioScience,  March, 1999.

Moore, Stephen, “Body Count: Population and its enemies. the population-control movement is gaining steam)”,  National Review, Oct 25, 1999.

Stiefel, Chana, “Population puzzle: is the world big enough? (sustaining population growth)”, Science World, April 13, 1998.

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