a dotted line‚ extend your line of best fit to the year 2050. What do you predict the population to be for? a) the world? Ans.: the world population is rapidly increasing and I suspect that it will be about 9.8 billion people in 2050. b) Canada? Ans.: likewise‚ Canada’s population is increasing. It will be approximately 44.1 million people in 2050. 2. In 1998 the United Nations estimated that the population of the world would be 8 billion by the year 2025. How does your figure compare to the
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Population Control is a thing that has been going on for ages‚ dating all the way back to the late 1700s in the French Indian war. Nigeria‚ Philippines and India are all countries that use some form of population control. However‚ China is the country that has garnered the most attention for their method of population control. In 1978‚ China’s population was 956 million people. India was the second largest country‚ with a population of 667 million people‚ a staggering near 300 million less people
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OVERPOPULATION Thesis statement: Overpopulation occurs when there are not enough resources on the earth to support its population. So it is one of the huge problems that our planet is facing it.The human population is increasing rapidly for many reasons. We can say that the problem of overpopulation started since the industrial revolution‚ because the industrial revolution helped people in finding more jobs‚ with a very good wages or pays‚ this increase in payment made people get more children‚
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overall population a problem and why? All over the world population is becoming a serious problem. There are on average 4.3 births every second and only 1.8 deaths every second. The world is becoming over populated and causing serious problems everywhere. As of July 2014 the population was up to 7‚174‚611‚584 and only increasing. Every year about 135 million people are born and 55 million people die‚ adding 80 million to our global population. What is happening to the world’s overall population is a
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NTULWA MARIA MASANJIKA BEC/2012/2/135 Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) is an English minister and early economic thinker who is famous for his book called ‘An Essay on the Principle of Population’ as it offers he future improvement of society. Malthus argued that an ever increasing population would continuously strain society’s ability to provide for itself as a result mankind was doomed to forever in poverty. Malthus logic was simple .He began by noting‚ that “food is necessary to the
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Indian’s population crisis In this essay I will be highlighting the current population crisis in India. I will discuss the numerous causes that lead to the exponential growth of the country and the problems that arise as a result of the increase. I will also be suggesting various solutions to the predicament India faces and how they can overcome the struggles of a rapidly growing population. Background India is said to be in stage three of the demographic transition model with the birth rate
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PERSPECTIVES ON POPULATION GROWTH Based on the current trend‚ there will be a total to about 9.2 billion people on the earth by mid-century‚ fuelled by the birth of 220000 children a day and falling mortality rates (Population Institute‚ 2014). This estimate raises questions about the future of humanity and the planet we inhabit. The debate about an optimal size for human population is one that has waged over the years. The question is fundamentally about sustainability; whether the resources that
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awareness which are both as a result of population growth. The result is increased degradation of the environment‚ with significant loss of soil fertility‚ soil erosion‚ serious deforestation‚ water depletion‚ pollution and loss of biodiversity. The fragile state of Malawi’s environment poses critical challenges to both human development and economic growth (state of environment and outlook report‚ 2010). According to the 2008 census‚ Malawi’s population has tripled since 1966‚ reaching 13‚077‚160
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China’s Population Issues Of all the country‚ China have been most populated. With this they have many economic issues dealing with their populations. The growth of China had rapidly increased within the years before 1979. The amount of increase was so absurd that the government had to introduce a policy called the “one – child policy”. With this they prevent the overgrowth of China’s population‚ but may it lead to other problems in the future? As the people of Beijing commence their one –
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Population Pyramids: Keywords: Population pyramid: a graph showing the % of males and females of different age groups in a country. Economically active: people who are of working age 16-64 PowerPoint questions: 1. Sudan. A 2. Sudan. A‚ huge birth rate means IMR is high as well. 3. Country 2. B 4. Sudan. A 5. A‚ as newer generations are most likely to live longer then the elderly. 6. Sudan. B 7. A‚ pushing inwards. Building outwards. 8. Country 1. 9. 3-4‚ not too many people replacing
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