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World Population and Population China

economic sphere: Right now, U.S. hegemony is waning, according to The Waterloo Record. With only a quarter the population of China, there is essentially no chance that the U.S. can continue to reign supreme in the economic sphere unless China suffers a stunning collapse. It almost impossible for people today to realize what a big shift this was — to much of the world population, the United States has always been the Big Country, the driver of markets, innovation and geopolitical stability. But in the longer run, what shifts can we expect in the balance of economic power Expect the U.S. to make a comeback, since its openness to immigration allows the country population to keep growing even after fertility levels out. But during the next couple of centuries, there is another country that I think has a surprisingly good chance of becoming an economic and cultural superpower. India huge population, of course, will make it a great economic power as well. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.