It must be remembered in viewing this chart that the populations of the Asiatic countries (especially the populations of China and India) are not shown here. If all the countries of the world were considered, it would be seen at once that for many years to come there is no likelihood of the United States having the greatest population in the world. It is only because Asiatic countries have been omitted that we seem to be so nearly the head of the list.

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Written words requiring one hour to read could not convey as much information as this chart gives. In considering the slope of the curve for the United States it must be remembered that the slope of a curve does not indicate the percentage rate of increase or decrease. The increasing slope of the United States curve does not in itself prove any increase in the percentage rate of growth. Compare Fig. 121