Labor force growth, by decades, 1950s to 2005 
and projected to 2040s


Decade	 Annual rate of change

1950s		 1.1
1960s		 1.7
1970s		 2.6
1980s		 1.6
1990s		 1.3
2000s		 0.9
2010s		 0.6
2020s		 0.4
2030s		 0.6
2040s		 0.6