Through the legacy of the Soviet Union's collapse, Chinese capitalist-style reforms, Internet technology and the 2008-2009 worldwide recession, among other factors, BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) nation growth representing 40% of the world's population has surged-along with the economies of resource-rich countries servicing their markets. By 2040, the world's population may top 9 billion-up from some 7 billion today, according to UN statistics; and as China appears likely to supplant the U.S. with the No. 1 economy in the next decade, India is poised to exceed its neighbor's 1.3 billion people in its relentless population growth-amid dire energy poverty.
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