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1
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La population mondiale

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The world’s population/world population

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La démographie

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Demography

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Un démographe

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A demographer / a population scientist

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Un recensement

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A census

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Effectuer un recensement

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To take a census

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Les estimations, les prévisions

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The forecast

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La croissance démographique mondiale

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World population growth

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L’explosion démographique

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The population explosion

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La surpopulation

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Overpopulation

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Etre surpeuplé

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To be overpopulated

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Une pyramide des âges

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An age pyramid

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Une tranche d’âge

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An age group

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Le taux de natalité

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The birth rate

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Le taux de fécondité

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The fertility rate

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Le contrôle des naissances

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Birth control

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Le taux de mortalité

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The death rate / mortality / the mortality rate

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Le taux de mortalité infantile

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The infant mortality rate

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L’espérance de vie

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Life expectancy

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Une région faiblement peuplée

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A sparsely populated area / an area of low population density

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Augmenter de 5%

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To rise by / to increase by / to grow by 5%

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Une augmentation de la population mondiale

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A rise / an increase in world population

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Augmenter de façon spectaculaire

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To rise dramatically

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Augmenter en flèche

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To soar / to spiral / to skyrocket

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Doubler

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To double

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Tripler

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To triple / to treble

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Etre multiplie par 4

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To increase fourfold

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Culminer à 9 milliards

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To peak at 9 billion

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La tendance actuelle

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The current trend

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Un renversement de tendance

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The reversal of a trend

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Un baby-boom

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A baby boom

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Les enfants du baby-boom

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The baby boomers

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Les démographes prédisent que la population mondiale culminera à 9 milliards en 2070.

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Demographers predict that world population will peak at 9bn in 2070.

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Mais une nouvelle étude contredit 20 ans de consensus sur le fait que la population mondiale culminera à 9 milliards Et dit qu’elle atteindra 11 milliards en 2100.

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But a new study overturns 20 years of consensus that global population will peak at 9bn and says it will hit 11bn in 2100.

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Personne ne sait vraiment si la planète Terre pourra s’accommoder de 2, 3 ou 4 milliards d’habitants supplémentaires.

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Wether Earth will be able to put with an extra 2 or 3 or 4bn people is anyone’s guess.

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Il y aura moins de Chinois, d’Européens et de Japonais, et plus d’Africains, d’Indiens et d’Américains.

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There will be fewer Chinese, Europeans and Japanese, and more Africains, Indians and Americans.

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L’Inde est prête à dépasser la Chine et à devenir le pays le plus peuplé du monde d’ici 2050.

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India is poised to surpass China and become the world’s most populous country by 2050.

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Un rapport des Nations Unies met l’accent sur un déséquilibre croissant entre les pays développés et les pays en développement.

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A UN report points to a growing imbalance between the developed and developing world.

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L’augmentation de la population mondiale sera concentrée massivement dans les pays les moins à même d’y faire face.

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World population growth will be concentrated overwhelmingly in the countries least able to support it.

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La population des 48 pays les mins avances du monde devrait presque tripler d’ici 2050, ce qui accroîtra la demande en nourriture et en eau.

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The 48 least developed countries are expected to nearly triple their population by 2050, which will increase the demand for food and water.

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Le prix à payer pour la diminution de la population mondiale sera un vieillissement notoire de la population en Europe de l’Ouest et au Japon.

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The price to pay for the fall in the world’s population will be a very significant ageing of the population in western Europe and Japan.

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D’ici 2050, un habitant sur trois sera âgé

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One in three people will be elderly by 2050

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Les projections concernant la population mondiale doivent être regardées avec précaution. Il n’y a rien de plus imprévisible que le comportement humain.

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World population projections need to be treated with caution. There is nothing more unpredictable than human behaviour.

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