India and China Overpopulation

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Human population is drastically increasing by the second, with the addition of one billion people every 12 years. Overpopulation creates an abundant amount of issues ranging from environmental and social problems. Nations attaining copious amounts of population introduce a wide array of problems to the world around and such nations. These environmental problems consist of but are not limited to lack of resources such as food and water; which may cause malnutrition in large populations, poor air quality, and overuse of fossil fuels such as petroleum. Social issues that arise from having a superabundant population consist of overcrowding, limits on freedom, and an increased amount of uprising and conflict within the nation itself. China and India are the two most populated countries in the world. China has a population of 1.34 billion and India closely follows behind as the second most populated country with a population of 1.21 billion (Index Mundi). This accounts for 37% of the world’s population (Index Mundi). China contains up to 20 percent of the world’s population ,which is 1.3 billion people and India is forecasted to soon surpass China’s population in the year 2028 according to the United Nations (5). Due to the increasingly large amount population, China and India have conducted several policies throughout the past. These policies range from China’s strict One-Child policy to India’s flexible National Population policy. In retrospect, if India’s government does not become more strict and enforce their population policies as well as provide proper sexual education, India’s population will surpass the population of China within
China and india have attained a superabundant population due to their history. “Even if China’s po...

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