From the Manhattan Institute:
by Joel Kotkin, Shashi Parulekar
Manhattan Institute
February 28, 2012
City Journal
Post-financial-crisis reports of the Anglosphere’s imminent irrelevance have been exaggerated—wildly. English-speaking countries are not graying as rapidly as their historical European rivals are—notably, Germany and Italy—or as Russia and many East Asian countries are. Between 1980 and 2010, the United States, Canada, and Australia saw big population surges: the United States’ expanded by 75 million, to more than 300 million; Canada’s nearly doubled, from 18 million to 34 million; and Australia’s increased from 13 million to 22 million. By contrast, in some European countries, such as Germany, population has remained stagnant, while Russia and Japan have watched their populations begin to shrink. Immigration presents the most important long-term advantage for the Anglosphere, which has excelled at incorporating citizens from other cultures.
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