World population

Our world never stops growing, but some places cannot keep up with the exponential numbers. Overpopulation is becoming a more apparent problem in today’s world. Alastair Leithead’s “The city that won’t stop growing” and Erle C. Ellis, “Overpopulation Is Not the Problem” both take very different approaches when it comes to the topic of overpopulation. Leithead uses his platform in BBC to shed light onto the city of Lagos, Africa and it’s poor living conditions due to overpopulation. Ellis writes…

In China, the most populated country in the world, a preference for boys has been present since ancient times. The preference is rooted in their culture but strongly tied to financial reasons. Confucianism, taught by Confucius between the 6th and 5th centuries B.C., is a “system of social and ethical philosophy [that establishes the social values and institutions of most Chinese societies]” (Berling). The philosophy instills the belief that males are superior to females because they provide…

live in slums. This paper will help describe India’s makeup by explaining the country’s demographic profile, population, socioeconomics, different health indicators, burden of diseases, and the different types of Millennium developmental goals that the country has. Demographic Profile/ Population/ Socioeconomics India is known to be the second largest country when it comes to population, but seventh largest…

Recently in 2011, the total population of our world reached 7 billion and as of December 2015, our current world population is nearing 7.4 billion (Sullivan 2015). The growth of about 80 million additional that we see today has been going on for decades and current trends predict similar rates for the next couple decades. With such a large increase in human population in a relatively short time period compared to the Earth’s history and humanity’s existence, problems major changes in the…

INTRODUCTION The human population on Earth has been growing at an alarming rate bringing with it an ever growing need for food, energy and land use, amongst many others. At the same time, the list of animal species recorded as being extinct or on the verge of being extinct gets longer and longer. Is this phenomenon coincidence or are these two occurrences directly link to each other? This research task aims to investigate if there is reliable proof that human population growth and species…

Causes Of Population Explosion Population explosion is one of the social issues the entire world is facing nowadays. According to study the population of the world is increasing at the rate of approximately 2.5% annually. Population explosion hampers both saving and invests. It effects the consumption and nutrition standards of the population and they suffer low productivity and miserable health conditions. Population explosion especially in third world countries have compelled the people to…

1.1 Population Growth Population growth is an increase in the number of people living in a country during a period of time. There are factors to determine population growth, such as (Fig. 1): Fig. 1 Even though Singapore’s population stands at 5.54 million, Singapore’s population grows at a slowest rate in 10 years. It has increased by 1.2% from 5.47 million in June 2014 to 5.54 million in June 2015. Singapore’s population consists of residents and non-residents As for the residents; it is…

Population. Population, biologically defined as the summation of members of a particular species or group within a set region or community. For mankind, population has been the double edged sword and, the blunt shield that have allowed humanity to dominate this flying space-rock known as Earth. The population avaliable to a society meant the amount of workers which can gather, use, and produce various resources. This combined with the ability of humanity to use tools and technology, allowed…

that shaped America and helped it to grow. These trends boosted populations in other parts of the United States that were rural and then became urban. A lot of the growth came from new technologies such as low-cost transportation. We will learn what it took to get some of the newer cities going. Urban growth took off with population growth, increased agricultural productivity, factory production, and low-cost transportation. The population growth was rapid among the urban areas. For the most…

industrialization and urbanization, America received more than 20 million immigrants. With so many immigrants, nobody thought they will go away until the Great Depression (1930s) and World War II (1936-1945). Although many immigrants were from Europe, today they are mostly from Asia and Latin America. The largest population today come from Mexico and about 15% of…