BBC News: Every Hour, There are 5 Births, 2 Deaths and 16 New Immigrants in Singapore

Check out this web infographics by BBC News on the world’s growing population. Most amazingly, key in Singapore for country and you will see this result:

Holy Molly! The statistics are scary when flashed in your face this way!

At this rate, i wonder how long it will take for Singapore-born Singaporeans to become the minority in our own country, not to mention become extinct altogether. Growth is outnumbered 1:3!

Rachel and I must be two of the extremely rare Singapore-born Singaporeans who got married and give birth to a true blue Singaporean son who has to go through the discriminatory NS policy when he turns 18.

My baby Asher is a rare breed.

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Alvin is a marketer by day and blogger by night. He is a 100% geek who spends too much time surfing the web.

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