Population of SW WA (from Geraldton to Albany) is 1.9 million in 2010; 89% of the population of WA. The land area of SW WA is 62,500 km2 (source: SWSY-Summary-Groundwater.pdf, from http://www.clw.csiro.au/publications/waterforahealthycountry/swsy/)
World forecast
From Out of Water book p9...holy shit!
fggfFrom Hot, flat and crowded:
Year UnD Dev'd Total
2007 1.3 5.4 6.7
2050 1.3 7.9 9.2
UnD = undeveloped countries
Dev'd = developed countries
Developed nations actually decline, but populations maintained by migration from developing nations (2.3 million per year).
His source is the United Nations Population Division, report March 13th, 2007).
By 2030 5bn people will live in cities. (same source)
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