Lowering Population In India And South Asia

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Lowering Population in India and South Asia

The problem of overpopulation exists nearly everywhere, and if it does not currently exist, it will in the near future. People are having several children, and that is greatly exceeding the death rate. This problem is especially apparent in South Asia, and it is causing several problems such as famine, epidemic, overcrowding, etc.

The country of India is in dire need of aid in the decreasing of their population. There are approximately 25 births for each 9 deaths. That is nearly a 1.58% increase in population. The billionth baby was born not to long ago and if this rate keeps up, the problems are only going to get worse. The area of India (Including the Himalayan mountain range) is 1,222,243 square miles. And since the population is nearly 1.1 billion, that makes the population per square mile about nine thousand. 1.1 billion people in an area equal to 1/3 the size of the contiguous United States. This shows how much help is needed in South Asia.

There are several methods that can be employed in order to start curbing over-population. The first is an obvious method that has been employed by china successfully for some time now. Limit the amount of children that everyone is allowed to have. 1 would be the fastest track to redemption but that may also cause some problems. People might kill their child if they do not ...

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