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人口减少一半。越来越多人买得起汽车和移动电话。

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

日本人口减少原因之一是高昂生活成本。

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

调查发现，移民18个城市主要人口减少趋势。

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

移民是美国在2024年不会遭受人口减少原因。

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村庄带来“就业机会、文化和知识”，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，成群结队僵尸将在短短100天内将地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.

这就意味着人口增长州可能会得到更多众议员、人口减少州就会得到更少众议员。

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，即使在人口减少情况下，如此迅速变化偶然发生可能性很小。

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，曾经伟大城市特诺奇蒂特兰人口减少 90% 以。

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

人口减少世界是我们都要面对未来，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.

在圣路易斯和其他地方，移民正有助于阻止城市地区人口减少。

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

其他加剧人口减少因素还包括酒精引入，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，帝国人口减少到只有 1600 万，这意味着在三十年战争中，几乎每四个人中就有一个人死亡。

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.

对于一个正面临全其他地区前所未有“人口减少”问题国家来说，这是一个值得欢迎增长。

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，帮助世界人口减少最大因素就是提高世界仍然极度贫困地区生活水平。

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.

在过去三十年里，该镇人口减少大约 30%，而且根本没有足够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， 她们家庭规模较小，随之而来人口减少大大减少碳排放。

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

【decrease】到 1881 年，爱尔兰人口减少到 520 万。