World population -- Population data -- Population distribution and composition -- Fertility -- Mortality -- Internal migration -- International migration flows : immigrants and transnational migrants -- Refugees and internally displaced persons -- Urbanization -- Population policies --...

Part one: Population and history. Introduction ; The weight of numbers -- Part two: The gathering tide : among the Europeans. The triumph of the Anglo-Saxons ; The German and Russian challenges ; The passing of the 'great race' ; The West since 1945 : from baby-boom to mass immigration ; Russia...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1 One Vision of the Year 2050 -- 2 The New World of Population Policy -- 3 Putting Cairo to Work -- 4 U.S. Population Activism in the New Century -- 5 A Warming World -- 6 International Climate-Change Negotiations -- 7 Creating a Stable Atmosphere...