The World Population Reference Bureau offers this free PDF of their booklet 2006 World Population Data Sheet. As noted on the BeSpacific blog, the sheet “provides new information on the forces shaping migration rates around the world. As long as high birth rates and poverty continue to place pressure on populations, migrants will see advantages to moving to countries with more resources and greater opportunities...The United States is set to reach a milestone in October. It will become the third country—after China and India—to be home to at least 300 million people."
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