The World is Over Population

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The world’s population is approximately 7.16 billion and rising (citation). This means that it has nearly doubled in the past forty years. We are now faced with the severe and significant concern of over population. The amount of people this planet can sustain is becoming controversial. While some are arguing that everyone could fit on the state of Texas if we just put 10,500 people on each square mile (citation), others argue that we do not have enough supplies and resources on our land for every person. No matter how the dispute is being viewed, many people are deprived of food, shelter, and clothing because of the overload of people.
Several countries are decreasing their population by family planning. According to Oxford Dictionary, it states family planning as “the practice of controlling the number of children in a family and the intervals between their births, particularly by means of artificial contraception or voluntary sterilization” (citation). Within the past three decades, the worldwide percentage of couples using some method of family planning has boosted considerably; however, this amount would rise significantly if everyone had easy accessibility to it. In the backcountry of “sub-Saharan Africa, it takes an average of two hours to reach the nearest contraceptive provider” (citation). In many cases, people often cannot afford some form of birth control. Furthermore, numerous governments forbid

vital methods of contraception. For instance, Japan often discourages the usage of birth control pills over the condom (citation). Nonetheless, there are some disagreements with it; family planning is the best decision to resolve the worlds over population difficulty.
In China, they are often criticized by the majority due ...

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... doubled. Even though the number of people or population is still rising, the annual growth rate is starting to drop.
The outcome of over population is extremely dangerous. Overcrowding of people causes illnesses and diseases. Resources and food will be limited and the environment will not be healthful. If things remain the same, people are going to face major difficulties in the upcoming future. Many individuals are now starting to feel the hidden effects of over population today; in the future it will be a whole lot worse. The US is not too jam-packed compared to many other countries, and the fertility rate of North America is just a little over two (citation). Although we have not felt too much of the impact of over population compared to other countries, we will ultimately be hit hard by the ever-growing problem of over population if we do not make a change now.

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