Essay On Overpopulation

The world reached its first billion in 1804, and it’s second billion in 1927. In 1999 the United Nations predicted that a world population of seven billion would not be reached until 2013, but it ended up being reached in 2011. The population in 2050 was also predicted to be around 8.9 billion people, but new research shows that is may turn to 9.3 billion. Today in India family planning and awareness of overpopulation are some of the most important roles in reducing India’s population. Television programs and Indian newspapers are also stressing the importance in solving this problem. India’s overpopulation causes poverty, disease, and hunger. The government cannot meet the demands of shelter, employment, and food for its 1.27 billion citizens. Among other things, Education programs are one of the most important ways to improve the problems of overpopulation in India.

It was brought to attention that India was overpopulated in 1951. This happened when the First Five-Year Developmental Plan document stated that the death rate in India had dramatically declined. Birth rates were increasing too fast for the economy to keep up and for the population to be stable. The first action that was taken was family limitations. The government thought this would immediately solve the problem because people were just having large families. However, many other things also contribute to creating a large population.

The history of India is one major reason for its large population. The world hit a population of one billion in 1810, and since then it has been quickly increasing. India’s population dramatically increased after the Industrial Revolution. Once advances in farming and industrialization happened, life became easier. There was better...

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...caused by poverty, poor education, and not enough women’s rights. However, these things are also all results of overpopulation. India needs to pull its country out of this cycle and lower it's population. Today in India, small families are being encouraged, education is being improved on, traditions are being modernized, and birth control is becoming more of an option. Future predictions do not yet show that the population will be lowered, but with more improvements in solutions for solving the problem, the population growth rate should decrease. Today India faces poverty, hunger and disease because of the many people living in the country. The government can not supply enough money or education to fix these problems, and if successful changes are not made the country will fall into more poverty, and it's own problems will begin to affect other countries as well.