Well, according to recent data, the number of people living in extreme poverty has halved in recent decades. More people own a car and a mobile phone.

数据显示，近几十年里，生活在极度贫困水平的人口减少了一半。越来越多的人买得起移动电话了。

One reason for the population loss is Japan's high cost of living.

日本人口减少的原因之一是高昂的生活成本。

It found that immigration reversed what would have been major population decreases in 18 cities.

调查发现，移民扭转了18个城市的主要人口减少的趋势。

Immigration is the reason why the U.S. will not suffer a population loss in 2024.

移民是美国在2024年不遭受人口减少的原因。

Retiree Petrini hopes the treasures will bring " jobs, culture and knowledge" to his village, which is struggling with depopulation like much of rural Italy.

退休人员彼得里尼希望这些宝藏能为他的村庄带来“业机、文化知识”，与意大利大部分农村地区一样，这个村子也在努力应对人口减少的问题。

One study determined that hordes of zombies would whittle down earth's population to just a few hundred survivors in only 100 days.

一项研究表明，成群结队的僵尸将在短短100天内将地球上的人口减少到只剩几百个幸存者。

This means that states that have grown may get more representatives and states that have shrunk (or become smaller) get fewer representatives.

这意味着人口增长的可能得到更多的众议员、人口减少的得到更少的众议员。

Computer simulations suggested that the likelihood of such a rapid change happening by chance, even in a diminished population, was tiny.

计算机模拟表明，即使在人口减少的情况下，如此迅速的变化偶然发生的可能性很小。

By the end of the 16th century, the once great city of Tenochtitlan's population had declined by over 90%.

到 16 世纪末，曾经伟大的城市特诺奇蒂特兰的人口减少了 90% 以上。

A shrinking world is in our future, but obviously some places are much closer than others.

人口减少的世界是我们都要面对的未来，但是显然有些国家要更紧迫。

In St. Louis and other places, immigrants are helping halt population decreases in urban areas.

在圣路易斯其他地方，移民正有助于阻止城市地区的人口减少。

Other exacerbating factors included the introduction of alcohol which the natives of course had no prior experience with.

其他加剧人口减少的因素还包括酒精的引入，当然，夏威夷原住民以前从未接触过酒精。

In 1648 after the 30 Years War, the Empire's population shrank to just 16 million, meaning that in 30 years of war nearly one out of every four people died.

到 1648 年，在“三十年战争”之后，帝国的人口减少到只有 1600 万，这意味着在三十年的战争中，几乎每四个人中有一个人死亡。

However, their population was reduced to fewer than 5,000 by the early 20th Century.

然而，到 20 世纪初， 他们的人口减少到不到 5, 000 人。

A welcome increase for a country that's facing depopulation unprecedented anywhere else in the world.

对于一个正面临全球其他地区前所未有的“人口减少”问题的国家来说，这是一个值得欢迎的增长。

Drew, what was your reaction to this report and to these reported population losses?

德鲁，你对这份报告以及报告中所提及的人口减少有何反应？

Look, the single biggest thing that would help world population is to get a higher standard of living in the parts of the world where it's still crushingly bad.

看，帮助世界人口减少的最大因素是提高世界上仍然极度贫困地区的生活水平。

The town's population has dropped by around 30% over the past three decades and there simply aren't enough pupils to keep a school open.

在过去的三十年里，该镇的人口减少了大约 30%，而且根本没有足够的学生来维持学校开学。

And that's because when girls are educated, they have smaller families, and the resulting reduction in population reduces carbon emissions significantly.

这是因为当女孩接受教育时， 她们的家庭规模较小，随之而来的人口减少大大减少了碳排放。

By 1881, the population of Ireland had decreased to 5.2 million.

【decrease】到 1881 年，爱尔兰的人口减少到了 520 万。