Population Growth and It’s Effects Population growth refers to the increase or decrease in the size of the population in a country, state or city. (BusinessDictionary.com) The positivity or negativity growth of the population depends greatly on the balance of the birth and death rates in the area. By adding the birth rate and immigration of the country and minus death rate and emigration, it determines whether the country’s population growth is at the healthy or unhealthy range. (Gee, Ellen) The population growth of the country, be it good or bad will evidently affect the country’s economy and environment. Population growth is caused by the decline of deaths, rise in birth rates, immigration and the lack of education. (Puja Mondal) As technology …show more content…
(Investopedia) According to Mercer cost of living survey, in 2012, Singapore was ranked 6th most expensive country to live in. (InterNations) This all change in 2014 when Singapore broke the record and became the most expensive country to live and has been top in the ranking for 3 years. (Lee Yen Nee) This is so because the cost of housing, transportation and education are the top few expenditure for …show more content…
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There are three main factors that fuel rapid population growth in the world. Firstly, the increased production and distribution of food has now enabled more people to live longer lives. Initially, starvation caused high death rates, therefore inhibiting population growth. In our modern society, there is an abundance of food to feed the population. Improved distribution channels have enabled food to reach into dry places, thereby eliminating the risk of starvation. Secondly, there is an overall improvement of public health care. Poor sanitation and lack of clean water were the main causes of deadly diseases like malaria. These diseases often wiped
In, The Population Bomb by, Paul R Ehrlich, he explains the problem of population increase, and how there are people everywhere! The feeling of feeling over populated. He talks about how if there are more people then there is more food that needs to be produced then ate. He explains on the rich people becoming wealthier and the poor are going to be even poorer and there is going to be a starvation. Population is doubling every year and how our energy is turning into
The main causes of population explosion are decreased death rates, total fertility rates, lack of education, and migration. The invention of modern medicine is one of the causes of the decline in death rates. Mortality rates have decreased over the years which is very helpful for many people but not really an advantage for the world population. Increase of birth rates are an issue as well. Due to science and new medicine, the infant mortality rates have gone down over the years but it also means there are more babies being born and increasing the population. However, some people, mostly in periphery countries, doesn’t have a lot of access to modern medicine as well as good education. Lack of education means not knowing about family planning, using contraceptives, and how constant births lead to overpopulation so it is important that people get the education they need. The causes of decreased population in low populated states (mostly the more developed countries) are because of aging population or more elderly which may or may not be a good thing. It also means that these countries are getting educated, using family planning, and having less
Growth rate is the rate at which the population changes over a period of time- either increasing or decreasing. It is normally the net difference between crude birth rates, crude death rates and rate of immigration. In essence, it gives the ratio by which the number of persons in a population rises or drops over a certain duration of time against the total number p...
Growth is important in a society. If all the people meeting specific needs get too old to work or dies, there would be no one to take over that particular function. However, extreme growth could be a major problem and would be considered a latent dysfunction. The same could be said for environmental effects – some are to be expected and cannot be avoided, but too much would cause problems in the functioning of the population. Social conflict theory would view the problem with population growth as lying in the distribution of goods and unequal consumption. If everyone were using energy, water, food, and the like with the same careful consumption, there would be no problem with a larger population. However, some people, particularly those living in poverty, consume less and will still face the environmental issues that can arise, while the rich and powerful use too much and cause more problems. If the people that use more would act more socially responsible, there would be enough to sustain a population growth. Symbolic interaction theory would focus on the perception of the people in society and their views on things that affect the population growth and environmental changes. One example would be the contribution of having a large family to population growth, which could be prevented by birth control. However,
In the early years, Singapore was a small fishing village back then, but now, it has grown into a metropolitan city with world-class infrastructure. Today, Singapore also became the world most visited tourist attraction for foreigner due the fun and exciting activities, high end shopping mall, luxury hotel and fine dining. Moving around in Singapore is easy and convenient for tourist as the country has an excellent public transport system. Apart from attracting tourist, the country also attracted talent and capital worldwide into invest their businesses in Singapore.
Population growth is the change in population over a period of time. It happens due to a number of factors such as standard of living, cultural factors, and government policies. When the standard of living become better such as the improvement of social conditions ( shelter, sanitation, clean water , health care and etc) death rate and birth rate reduce as more people become inclined to have fewer children. As standard of living increases, there will be more immigrants thus an increase in population. Government policies which encourage people to have lesser or more children also has a significant effect on birth rate too.
With all the industrialization and urbanization in the world today, the population explosion has been become a serious problem. Research indicates that the better does a country developed, the worse situation it will be faced(Jensen,1966).
Family planning activity started in 1949 and was actively carried out by the board in 1966 (Chen, 1977). The 70s ‘Stop at two!’ policies were made to facilitate better planning of families, a matter of national importance. Abortions and sterilizations were legalized here.
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Population growth may be defined as the increase in the number of individuals in a population. In general a population will tend to increase in number when the available resources are greater than that required by the members of the population present at that particular time. As long as resources are available, every population has the tendency to grow exponentially.
Demography is the study of the components of population variation and change. Death rate and birth rate are two determinants of population change. Theory of Demographic Transition is comparatively recent theory that has been accepted by several scholars throughout the world. This theory embraces the observation that all countries in the world go through different stages in the growth of population. A nation's economy and level of development is directly related to that nation's birth and death rates. Population history can be divided into different stages. Some of the scholars have divided it into three and some scholars have divided it into five stages. These stages or classifications demonstrate a transition from high birth and high death rates to low birth and low death rates. The Theory of Demographic Transition suggests that all nations begin in stage one as underdeveloped, third world nations and through time transition into first world nations. Firstly this theory was developed based on the statistic collected in many European countries. In this theory, birth rate and death rate are considered to be the major factors or demographic events for bringing change in population.
Globally, the growth rate per person of the human population has been declining since its increase in 1962 and 1963 which was at 2.20%. In 2009, the estimated annual growth rate was 1.1%. As of now the population of the world is at about 7,211,021,348 humans, which has gone up 4 billion people since the 60’s. Most of this growth is coming from the countries in high poverty. Rise in human population can cause problems such as pollution and congestion; these might be resolved or worsened by technological and economic changes. Over the last 100 years we have seen a fast increase in population due to medical advances and massive increase in agricultural productivity. The major fear is that high population numbers are putting a burden on natural resources, food supplies, and more.
The ageing population is a phenomenon that most of developed nations struggle in recent decades. The purpose of this paper is to identify the meaning of the ageing population and analysis the impacts that it could have on society. Population ageing happens when the average age of an area growths due to increasing longevity and declining birth rates. Also, another factor that affect proportion of ageing population, especially in Australia, is baby booming. The phrase Baby boomers refers to people who born during the demographic post World War II between the years 1946 and 1964 and more than 4 million Australians were born during that 6 years. The percentage of Australia’s population aged over 65 years has increased 5 per cent from
Population growth enlarges labour force and therefore, increases economic growth. A large population also provides a large domestic market for the economy. Moreover, population growth encourages competition, which induces technological advancements and innovations. Nevertheless, a large population growth is not only associated with food supply issues but also imposes constraints on the development of savings, foreign exchange and human resources. There is no general consensus whether population growth is beneficial or detrimental to economic growth in developing economies. Moreover, empirical evidence on the matter for developing economies is relatively limited (6).