tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post2969597246321727105..comments2024-03-24T20:13:39.387+00:00Comments on demography.matters.blog: Importing workers or food suppliesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-26724873321722939722010-07-10T01:10:15.125+00:002010-07-10T01:10:15.125+00:00The numbers for Ukraine are too low. Maybe not up...The numbers for Ukraine are too low. Maybe not updated yet?The Fall of the House of Ushernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-66178255100491320782010-07-10T01:07:41.358+00:002010-07-10T01:07:41.358+00:00Very, interesting if the numbers are reasonably ac...Very, interesting if the numbers are reasonably accurate.<br /><br />The numbers for a few countries I chcked seem to be close to the data from the respective national statistics sites. Algeria seemed a little bit low though.The Fall of the House of Ushernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-9338851605898040362010-07-10T01:07:41.045+00:002010-07-10T01:07:41.045+00:00Very, interesting if the numbers are reasonably ac...Very, interesting if the numbers are reasonably accurate.<br /><br />The numbers for a few countries I chcked seem to be close to the data from the respective national statistics sites. Algeria seemed a little bit low though.The Fall of the House of Ushernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-305404679203616882010-06-29T12:33:15.472+00:002010-06-29T12:33:15.472+00:00Scott, sorry to hijack the comments with this, but...Scott, sorry to hijack the comments with this, but I thought you might find this interesting: the US Census has some updated international data out. <br /><br />http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/<br /><br />Biggest thing - jaw-dropping, really - they now estimate Saudi TFR at around 2.4! (dropping over 50% in 15 years). Others will judge the credibility of these numbers better than I, but if johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-32256903244775978732010-06-28T21:25:40.829+00:002010-06-28T21:25:40.829+00:00The food imports vs immigration question is an int...The food imports vs immigration question is an interesting one, but it's not really the same as for secondary industry. After all, a factory whose raw materials are easy to transport can be put anywhere, so you might as well put it in a country where labour is cheap. However, you can't physically separate crop harvesting from wherever the good farmland is (and a lot of the world's Colin Reidnoreply@blogger.com