Over the past century, human use of fresh water has increased at more than double the rate of population growth.
在过去的一个世纪里，人类对淡水的使用以超过人口增长率两倍的速度增长。
Although population, industrial output and economic productivity have continued to soar in developed nations, the rate at which people withdraw water from aquifers, rivers and lakes has slowed.
尽管发达国家的人口、工业产出和经济生产率还在飙升，但人们从含水层、河流和湖泊取水的速度已经放缓。
A 20-year action plan for cutting the rate of world population growth is expected to win wide approval today in Cairo.
一项旨在降低世界人口增长率的20年行动计划今天在开罗有望获得广泛认可。
Perhaps that once was true, but today elderly Americans as a group have a lower poverty rate than the rest of the population.
也许这曾经是对的，但是今天美国老年群体的贫困率比其他人群要低。
That's because very large animals have a slow rate of reproduction, so all you have to do is remove a few young females from the herd, and you can, fairly quickly, significantly reduce the population.
那是因为大型生物的繁殖速度十分缓慢，所以只要除去象群中的几头年轻的母象，它们的数量就会大幅的下降。
This means the rate of reduction of the whale population cannot be countered by such a rise in births.
这意味着鲸鱼出生率的上升无法抵消鲸鱼数量的减少。
Birth rate and the stork population are connected.
出生率与鹳的数量有关。
Consequently, the survival rate of lobster larvae must be going up, and the lobster population in Foerkland's coastal waters is bound to increase.
因此，龙虾幼虫的存活率必然会提高，而福岛沿岸水域的龙虾数量也必然会增加。
The natural growth rate of population is revving up in rural areas.
在农村中人口自然增长率正不断上升。
The rate of population increase has been ratcheting downward.
人口增长率一直在步步下降。
Well, the high rate of population growth translates into above-average job growth through a couple of channels.
是这样的，较高的人口增长率通过若干个渠道转化成超过平均水平的就业增长。
Global water use has been growing at more than twice the rate of population growth in the last century.
在上一个世纪，全球用水量的增长速率是人口增长率的两倍以上。
But China repeatedly emphasised its commitment to Africa even as growth slumped below the rate of population expansion.
但即使是在经济增长率大幅降至人口增长率以下的时候，中国仍一再强调对非洲的承诺。
Once again when initial productivity gains had been absorbed, the rate of population growth abated.
一旦最初的生产力增长被吸收殆尽，人口的增长再次衰落。
In obvious contrast to Asia, the population growth rate of Europe experienced a constant drop for 50 years, dropping from 18% to 4%.
与亚洲形成鲜明对比的是欧洲，人口增长率连续50年出现下降，从18%降到了4%。
Tajikistan had an particularly high birth rate and the highest rate of population increase of all the former Soviet republics.
塔吉克斯坦有着特别高的出生率，也是所有前苏联国家中人口增长最快的。
The overall population growth rate was down 0.57 percent on an annual basis.
人口的整体增长速度平均每年降低了0.57%。
Though the population growth rate of America slowed down obviously in the 20th century, it was still much higher than that of any European country.
虽然进入20世纪后美国人口增长速度明显放缓，然而也要远远高于任何一个欧洲国家的增长率的。
The rate of population increase began to slow.
人口增长率开始减速。
Yes, the European population is shrinking, with the rate of decline rising as one travels east.
欧洲的人口的确正在减少，同时，东方的人口却在增加。
This means its population is growing at about 2pc per year – and as the young start to have families of their own, the rate of population growth will increase.
这就意味着，其人口每年增长约2%——当年轻人有了自己的家庭后，人口增长率将会增加。
And it is most likely the baby will be born in the Asia-Pacific region - where the population growth rate is higher than anywhere else in the world.
第70亿个小孩最可能出生在亚太地区，那里的人口增长速度比世界其他任何地方都要快。
The natural population growth rate should stay within 7. In setting these targets, we have taken several major factors into account.
人口自然增长率控制在7‰以内。
Its population is shrinking and its poverty rate hovers around 30%.
它的人口正在减少，而贫困率保持在30%左右。
In complex emergencies that cause massive population displacement, the case fatality rate for measles can be as high as 30%.
在造成大规模人群流离失所的复杂紧急情况中，麻疹的病死率可高达30%。
Despite its more relaxed regulations, the county has a lower-than-average population growth rate.
尽管控制更为宽松，但是该县的人口增长率却低于平均水平。
The rapid “postshock” bounce of the population growth rate in the late 17th century was related to the dramatically reduced population size and the coupled increase of food supply per capita.
之后，在17世纪晚期出现的人口增长率“反弹”，其原因在于人口大幅度下降后基数规模显著缩小，从而人均食物资源相对增大。
Because that roughly equals potential, job creation should only just match population growth: the unemployment rate won't fall.
这个速率和潜在长期增长率持平，因此新增工作也应该刚好等于人口增长：失业率不会下降。
Because that roughly equals potential, job creation should only just match population growth: the unemployment rate won't fall.
这个速率和潜在长期增长率持平，因此新增工作也应该刚好等于人口增长：失业率不会下降。
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