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Germany is interesting. A lot of the accelerated growth is from them suddenly deciding to be an immigrant nation after decades of refusing to be. There are also trends within that of rural areas emptying out as people continue to move to cities, as well as the still present trend of people leaving the poorer former East Germany and moving to wealthier portions of the country in the West. Though interestingly the fastest growing cities seem to now be in East Germany.

The US decline of growth is also interesting. Could anyone speak as to why it's occurring? I take it our favorite Republican president has a lot to do with it, cutting immigration levels even lower.. But why is this happening now, and not, say, under Bush in the 2000's?

Canada's growth rate has also accelerated over the last 5 years or so.. and where it's happening has shifted. Ontario is a friggen growth machine. 1.8% annual growth in an area of 14,000,000 people..

Also, areas of the country that traditionally were more or less flat or even shrinking have started to see population growth again, like the Maritime provinces. Nova Scotia seems set to pass 1,000,000 people in the next few years after languishing at the 950,000 mark for a generation.