Human Population Growth

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.
Human growth population has major pros and cons to the world we live in. Population growth is the increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state with the equation of (B-D)+(I-E) where (B) is births, (D) is deaths, (I) is immigration rate, and (E) is emigration rate. Population growth has a biological an environmental effect on our planet Earth. While on the other hand population growth can affect the economy in a good way.
Much the population growth comes from countries with high poverty rates. Many people suggests that this is because Poor people often want more children because children represent wealth, provide labor and can help out when the parents get old. Another major reason for high child births in high poverty countries is lack of safe protection during sex. Much of our population is living much longer than before due too new advances in medicine and technology. This is causing humans to live much longer than previous popul...

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...es are on the precipice of extinction due to over cultivating and loss of habitat. One of the major problems we are causing is over-harvesting. We are harvesting oil, gas, and the forests at a high rate. The bad thing is that all these things are non renewable resources and that impact the environment and biodiversity.
So how can we help all these problems that we face as a world? One way could be conducting a family planning system to make it where women can only bear 1 to 2 kids. Individually we as humans can reduce our resources such as less driving and using fewer goods that aren’t a total need. Lastly we can better our education system and increase the graduation rate across the U.S. and other developed countries. Studies have shown that the higher the graduation rate the lower the fertility rate. All of these things can help us cope with overpopulation.