Population growth is now a growing problem in countries around the world. Population growth is when the population grows very quickly in certain places of the world. The world's population has been steadily growing over the years, and soon there won't be enough resources for everyone.
Above is a graph which shows the population growth in percent according to the CIA fact book of 2006.
In most places in the world, the population rate has been growing, especially the poorer countries where the survival rate is lower, this can be because of, for instance in Africa, the lack of birth controls, and also because a woman will want to have more children if she knows that the chances of them dying are much higher than them living. Family planning aids are also much less. This may also contribute to why many people live in poverty. For poor families who live on farms, they may not be able afford labourers, so the children are born to provide these labouring needs. These families may also find that they need children to care for the parents to care for them when they are old.
Europe has a decreasing birth rate, because now that society has grown on, and women now have more equal rights as men, women's sole job is no longer to produce children. Many women have jobs, and are in the same rank of society. Many couples do not want to have children as they cost a lot, and many people want to be rich, so would rather save the money. Many couples are DINKys(Dual Income No Kids) having two working people in the family could cause problems, as they probably need the two incomes to run the household, and therefore would not be able to take time of work to care for the children.
The Problems Caused by Population Growth
At this present time, we are already short of jobs, and desperately need them to support our families. When people cannot work, they take money from the government under a “Job seekers Fund” This is paid with money from people who work, and have a job.
In the poorer countries of the world, there will be large shortages of food, and many people will go hungry. Already in many places in the world there are large shortages of food, and water.
Water is a main problem in many places. We have so much water wrapped up in places that are hard to reach. For instance, none of us want the glaciers to melt, yet there must be hundreds of tonnes of water in them, this could help to provide water for others. As all of us know, water is made of a compound containing Hydrogen, and oxygen. If we found a source of Hydrogen, then it would be incredibly easy to make water.
If we have so many people in the world, then there are more people to add to global warming, more people breathing carbon dioxide, more people driving cars, and more people needing resources that make the factories thrive. The more people on the earth, the more water and resources are needed, and soon there will be wars fought. If World War three is ever fought, many people are sure that it will be over the different resources.
Soon there won't be enough schools in the world to educate people, and more money will be needed to provide charities with the educational resources.
However there are always jobs to be found. For instance in the armies there will always be more soldiers needed.
Conclusion
In conclusion I would say that to try and solve the problem, we should send birth controls to Africa, and other LEDCs, and offer immigrants a home in countries with falling population growth.
However, people around the world may find that the people who are born will not have a negative effect on the world, for instance, it could be these people who grow up to be the leaders of the world, or manage to find ways to reduce global warming. Although many places all over the world suffer from lack of jobs, there are always jobs to be found, for instance isn't the government saying that we need more people for medical research? So will having so many people on our planet be such a terrible thing? Maybe not. But we seriously need to consider the consequences of our and their actions. We could try and spread out the population evenly, it may be expensive, and time taking, but many people would love to move to the western world. Our governments really need to consider this.
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