Part 2 of this year’s Global Monitoring Report analyses major demographic shifts that will shape economic growth and development for decades to come. The world's population growth has slowed markedly.

Social and economic indicators of development influence population growth including birth rates and death rates whilst physical and human factors affect population distribution in a country.

According to the Census Bureau, in percentage terms, the Ocala metro area — which is all of Marion County — ranked No. 1 for ...