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。

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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。

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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。

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The population is growing at an even faster rate than many experts had predicted.

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If the rate of growth had sustained, that's what the population would've been.

假如高增长率持续的话,我们现在得有多少人口啊

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All the sick people will come to you to buy life insurance and they will turn out to have a higher death rate than the population at large.

所有生病的人都会向你购买人寿险,而他们比普通人群,有着更高的死亡率

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Today, even though Native Americans are still the poorest of the poor, a recent study shows that we have increased our population rate and our per-capita income more than any other ethnic group in the country during the past decade.

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Its projected population growth rate of 2.7% for 2013 is the fourth highest of any city on our list.

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Despite its more relaxed regulations, the county has a lower-than-average population growth rate.

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