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Peter Apps mentions in his article, 7 Billion and Beyond Population, that the global fertility rate is already high enough to replace every person currently alive and more. (Apps) This means that the population balance is shifting towards the growth in size because the fertility rate is surpassing the norm of replenishing the lost population. A firm example of this growing fertility rate is India, a nation whose population has been growing yearly. Experts predict that this nation will surpass China in overall population by the year 2020. Although the nation is advancing in its economy and rising middle class, it still struggles to feed and shelter all of its population. (Maginer) If the population continues to grow, India will likely simultaneously decline in overall population until returning to normal. This is a result of the lack of resources they have. A nation can excessively grow in population, however their resources will only be able to maintain a certain amount of people. Therefore, those who cannot afford the resources beneficial for survival will begin to die out and return the population to normal. This is a process scientifically known as natural selection, where the bigger, stronger, or in this case more prosperous person, survives against the smaller, weaker, or less prosperous person. If population growth continues to be
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There have been several myths about Global Population. Some believe rapid population growth causes a countries economy to become poor; others believe population decline causes economy’s to become poor. Theories state that although China’s One-Child Policy remains ethnically wrong, it has boosted their economy. (Eberstadt) However, the coinciding of the two does not link them together. Along with the One-Child Policy, China also enacted several pro market reforms around the same time, any of which could have helped the economy thrive. Although the ultimate reasoning is unknown, population growth affects other aspects as well. It is feared that as population grows, so does inequality in society, and this inequality causes chaos in the sense that the rich are looked upon as wasteful and selfish because their lifestyle allows them to throw away food they don’t wish to eat, and gives them the income to live in luxurious mansions; while others starve daily and struggle to have a blanket to keep warm, let alone a home. (Arsenault) If this wealth would be instead redistributed to benefit all, the result would be a greatly improved situation. However, it’s not politically achievable, because it would lower the standard of living. Not only inequality, the most important factor affected by population growth is the environment. Mankind has already taken too much from …show more content…
Although it affects the common man the most of all, they are blind to the fact that the world is on route to growing past its limit. The issue has surfaced and will be constantly important because it will determine our survival. If population growth is not monitored, it may fluctuate and the result would be complete chaos, unless a solution is found and precautions are
There have been several myths about Global Population. Some believe rapid population growth causes a countries economy to become poor; others believe population decline causes economy’s to become poor. Theories state that although China’s One-Child Policy remains ethnically wrong, it has boosted their economy. (Eberstadt) However, the coinciding of the two does not link them together. Along with the One-Child Policy, China also enacted several pro market reforms around the same time, any of which could have helped the economy thrive. Although the ultimate reasoning is unknown, population growth affects other aspects as well. It is feared that as population grows, so does inequality in society, and this inequality causes chaos in the sense that the rich are looked upon as wasteful and selfish because their lifestyle allows them to throw away food they don’t wish to eat, and gives them the income to live in luxurious mansions; while others starve daily and struggle to have a blanket to keep warm, let alone a home. (Arsenault) If this wealth would be instead redistributed to benefit all, the result would be a greatly improved situation. However, it’s not politically achievable, because it would lower the standard of living. Not only inequality, the most important factor affected by population growth is the environment. Mankind has already taken too much from …show more content…
Although it affects the common man the most of all, they are blind to the fact that the world is on route to growing past its limit. The issue has surfaced and will be constantly important because it will determine our survival. If population growth is not monitored, it may fluctuate and the result would be complete chaos, unless a solution is found and precautions are