George Friedman: Population

George Friedman is American businessman and political scientist. Explore interesting quotes on population.
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“Mexico will emerge as a major global economic power. Ranked fourteenth or fifteenth early in the century, it will be firmly within the top ten by 2080. With a population of 100 million, it will be a power to be reckoned with anywhere in the world—except on the southern border of the United States.”

George Friedman

Source: The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century (2009), p. 239

World

“Two forces are emerging that will moot global warming. First, the end of the population explosion will, over the decades, reduce the increases in demand for just about everything. Second, the increase in the cost of both finding and using hydrocarbons will increase the hunger for alternatives.”

George Friedman

Source: The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century (2009), p. 252

Hunger

“By 2040, France and Germany are going to be has-beens, historically. Between population crises and the redefinition of the geopolitics of Europe, the French and Germans will be facing a decisive moment. If they do not assert themselves, their futures will be dictated by others and they will move from decadence to powerlessness. And with powerlessness would come a geopolitical spiral from which they would not recover.”

George Friedman

Source: The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century (2009), p. 151

Decision , Future

“No continent is as small and fragmented as Europe. Only Australia is smaller, yet Europe consists of fifty independent nations (including Turkey and the Caucasus, for reasons explained later). Crowded with nations, it is also crowded with people. Europe's population density is 72.5 people per square kilometer. The European Union's density is 112 people per square kilometer. Asia has 86 people per square kilometer. Europe is crowded and fragmented.”

George Friedman

Flashpoints: The Emerging Crisis in Europe (2015)

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