Dbq Essay On Population Growth

Population continues to grow and is expected to reach an all time high in future years. There are tons of different reasons for why population is rising so quickly. In document d, it says, "Every second 5 people are born and 2 people die, a net gain of 3 people. This fact from document d shows one reason why population growth is at all time high. Document d, also states "At this rate, the world population will double every 40 years and would be 12 billion in 40 years, 24 billion in 80 years, and more than 48 billion in 120 years." This will create tons of difficulties, like the amount of food and supplies needed for the world, which will make it nearly impossible for supplies to keep pace with the population growth. Document a shows

how the world starts with enough food for the world and after a while there is no more food for the world. This shows exactly what will happen if population continues to grow at the rate it is today. Knowing this people will struggle to live happy lives like they do today because it will be hard for them to have enough resources to live. In addition, document c shows how much people live on only $2 a day. This is mostly displayed all throughout Europe, Africa, and South America. With the idea of this much people only living on $2 a day, there is a lot of worry for how people are going to survive, when supplies rise in price because the quantity will be lowered. This is one thing that could cause the population to stay stable because people will be unable to keep up with the raised prices. These documents help us get an idea of what is ahead for the world and the struggles that could be coming to the world.

A geographer would have to use out of the box thinking to explain the patterns that may emerge in future years with rapid population growth. In document d, it explains, “Every second 5 people are born and 2 people die, a net gain of 3 people.” This fact shows why population growth is at an all time high and the reason why population continues to grow. This fact helps us understand that the amount of people in the world is going to continue to grow and this could cause problems with supply and demand. In addition, document d says, “At this rate, the world population will double every 40 years and would be 12 billion in 40 years, 24 billion in 80 years, and more than 48 billion in 120 years." On the flip side, this document states, “ However the United Nations estimate that world population will stabilize at 12 billion in 120 years, citing that effective family planning will result in a universally low birth rate. Education plays a key role: almost half of the 6 billion people are under age 25.” Knowing both of these facts from the document that can be doubt on, which direction population will go, continue rising tremendously or start to stable out. This document helps a geographer explain to the world that population growth is really an unknown that will have tons of different factors that play roles.

A geographer would need to flip gears, once he started bringing up document a. This document is shown through an illustration, which shows how the world starts of will another supplies/food and then as the years go by supplies/food begins to gradually be a problem for the world. This is a perfect example for what may occur if population does not begin to slow down on growth. Document a gives the idea that life may be a struggle, with tons of challenges and hardships you are going to have to fight through everyday. I believe that this document shows something that is very likely to occur if population grow doesn’t start to stable out. In my opinion, a geographer would be able to explain the challenges that lie ahead, if we don’t start making the correct choices and keep growing as a population. I think that this is one of the best documents, that a geographer could use to create fear for the world and help them understand that it is time to start being smart and taking the correct paths.

In document c, a geographer would be able to show the world more problems with how much population is growing and expected to grow. This document shows how much people in the world live off of $2 a day. The areas in the world that have this problem are Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America. These facts cause us to worry about how people are going to survive, once supplies have to rise in price due to the quantity being lowered. I believe that this could be a huge factor in population staying stable because people will be unable to keep up with everything rising in price. In my opinion, this document is shown more for developing countries and how much they struggle everyday. Knowing that countries struggle this much today, gives us the idea that it is going to be near impossible for them to survive in future years. A geography would be able to use this document and give the world an idea what is to come , if population doesn’t start to stable out. I think that this document is perfect for the side of why we can not have population rise to unbearable/unacceptable numbers.
I believe that a geographer would have to explain that the patterns with the population growth is a complete unknown and has too many variables.

A geographer would be able to show the world the positives and negatives that could come from stable population and crazy rising population growth. These documents make the world spin on their heads because they really pull you towards each direction. Document d gives us the idea of what the numbers could be if population continues to grow at the rate it is today. It also gives us sources that expect the population to stable out in future years and not go to unbearable numbers. Document a shows how the world starts with plenty of food/supplies, but then after a while doesn’t have much left for the world’s population. Document c shows how much people are living off of $2 a day and how much struggle they would have if the supply and demand starts rising causing things to be higher prices. I believe that these three documents will cause the world to have so much worry and have no clue of what truly is going to happen in future years. In my opinion, a geographer only really has what ifs and guesses to show the patterns that emerge and could emerge in the upcoming years. All in all, there are tons of causes of population growth and tons of negatives that harm population

growth.