Many people might have had heard of the millennium project and its goals. However most don’t know how close these goals are to being all achieve. One huge misconception people have on the world population is that it will continue to grow until it reaches a point where it will be too big and collapse. Another misconception people have is how poor countries have no change on becoming developed and will always be poor. However, this development gap is closing and as it does it decreases the child rate in the poor countries allowing the world population to balance out. The average child rate in the world is currently 2.2 children per women. This means that every family is having an average of two children. In countries that have more than 2 children …show more content…
This is significant because if the whole world is having an average of two then the human population would not exceed 10 billion. This is because the current population is about 7 billion. But there is 2 billion ages 0-15 and 2 more billion in 15-30. 30-45 has 1 billion, 45-60 has another 1 billion and the final 60+ has another 1 billion. As 15 years pass the top billion dies and 2 billion children are added at the bottom. The age group of 30-45 now has 2 billion in it. As another 15 years passes the same thing happens but this time the age group 45-60 now has 2 billion. As another 15 years pass all the age groups now have 2 billion people and the only way for them to get more is if the average child rate goes up.
So since developing countries are become developed the child survival rate is decreasing and the global child rate is moving closer to 2. Since they are becoming more developed, world hunger is getting closer to be eradicated and children are getting more of a chance to go to primary school. The next issue we have to focus on is making sure with the increase of developed countries, the environment doesn’t get destroyed by the amount of greenhouse gas
The world population of 7.2 billion in mid-2013 is projected to increase by almost one billion people within the next twelve years. It is projected to reach 8.1 billion in 2025, and to further increase to 9.6 billion in 2050 and 10.9 billion by 2100. This assumes a decline of fertility for countries where large families are still prevalent as well as a slight increase of fertility in several countries with fewer than two children per woman on average.
In 1950, were approximately 3.5 million births with women having an average of 3.8 children (“Measuring childbearing patterns in the United States 2010”.) As of the 2010 women on average have 1.9 children. This
While china One child Policy was aimed for improvement, the policy has caused some serious social consequences. The New England Journal of Medicine 's article "The Effect of China 's One-Child Family Policy after 25 Years" discuss the social consequences of Chinas One child policy. The One child policy in china begin when Chinese governments viewed population containment as a benefit for living and economic improvement. They created a one child policy that limits the size of families, the policy also includes regulations regarding marriage, spacing and childbearing. The strict policy is controlled with rewards and penalties, it applies to minorities of china which are Urban residents and government employees with the exception of one-child families, first children with disabilities and workers in high-risk work settings. The policy three social consequences concerning population growth, the ratio between men and women, and the ratio between adult children and dependent elderly parents. Each social consequences causes disastrous results. The policy is a sex imbalance that creates social consequences. The sex imbalance is what causes the different social consequence with undesirable effects. The first social consequence is decrease in population growth. Population growth in china has declined in the past 25 years. The policy has prevented many births as stated in the article " Chinese authorities claim that the policy has prevented 250 to 300 million births. The total
Birth rates worldwide have been falling. In 2000, the birth rate was twenty two births per one thousand people (Indexmundi.com). This number is the crude birth rate and is used to gauge population
According to the US census bureau, a birth is currently happening at a rate of 12 seconds. With the increase in population growth, this is subject to many economic issues as well as the limited amount of the Earth’s resources. This is why China adopted the one-child policy which prevents any one couple from having any children in the excess of one. If someone in China decides that they want to have another child, in addition to one it will be aborted. If the United States doesn’t take preventative action and educate themselves on the effects of having unplanned children, the government shall take on the control of implementing laws against have numerous amount of children. This contributes to the ongoing issue of overpopulation. If humans are
Once a person has a baby that doesn't guarantee that the baby will live. With better technology we have birth control methods and abortions for people who don't have babies. People who do want to have babies have the risk of the baby dying from disease. "Millions of babies have died, a fraction from AIDS, more from malaria, pneumonia, even measles. More millions have been aborted." So people are having less children at higher ages combined with the fact that the baby can die from disease. That can dramatically lower the birth rate and it has because instead of the predicted 12 billion by 2050 only 9 billion is expected by 2050. That's means in a few decades 3 billion
Today in developed countries, an average of 2.1 births per woman would maintain a steady population.
Human population growth is becoming a huge issue in our world today. The population is increasing rapidly. The reason that it is becoming a concern is because it has affected the economic, environmental, and social aspects of our world. In the film Frontline: Heat, we can see how there might not be a future for our planet unless we are able to reduce the emissions and make our world a safe place. Not only for the present but also for future generations so that they are able to live long and healthy lives.
In October 12, 1999, the world's population has reached to 6 billion people. about only 12 years later (October 31, 2011) the world has gone up to 7 billion. Many people on the planet are worried about the world population going too high. They fear that too many people would result in starvation and quick depletion of resources. Some people believe that we should have some type of law that would limit the number of children we can have in each family. Something similar has come true in China about 30 years ago. In September 25, 1980, China's One-Child Policy has been created. This policy keeps parents from having more than one baby with the exception of twins, triplets, quadruplets, and so on. Parents may also have
Americans are educated on this issue, but do not feel the concern for overpopulation as the average number of kids that a US couple has is 2. This is the average that scientists say that we need to keep our population sustained. In other cultures that average is higher so therefore, the concern is greater about overpopulation. The African continent is currently where the growth population is most concerning because the average number of children a family has there is 4.
In 1968, the world fertility rate was at 2.08 children per woman in her lifetime. This is how many children each woman is having on average per thousand women. By 2016, the world’s fertility rate dropped to only 1.11 children per woman.
There is another important information in this video. The average babies per woman is about 5. However, the rate of the “Developing Countries” about 7. The more babies for per woman, the less source can the babies got. Although
The social problem I chose to research is anthropogenic climate change, primarily focusing on how it will effect children. The reason I chose this topic is because it’s a great concern to me and the future of our planet. It’s almost unbelievable how large industries can be so neglectful to the effects climate change is having on Earth. I often think about how the generations of the future will deal with the damage our generation and previous generations have caused to our atmosphere. There is also the question if they will even be able to adapt, or recover from these extreme changes. This problem needs to be addressed now rather than later. The longer we wait the more damage is done to the atmosphere, which results in even greater hardship for future generations. The research composed in this paper covers what climate change is, how it is currently effecting us and how it will affect us in the future. The information also covers how climate change will specifically affect children and
Opening/Attention: Have you ever heard or the saying “the world is coming to an end”? Has it ever crossed your mind that this statement could be true? Scientists claim every so often that the world will end due to natural causes. Even though years have passed and nothing dramatically has occurred, slowly and slowly, the world is dying. Everyday millions of animals are going extinct, due to natural causes. Global warming and climate change refer to an increase in average global temperatures. Natural events and human activities are believed to be contributing to an increase in average global temperatures. This is all because the world is increasingly changing, and one by one, nothing and no one will be left. Did you ever wonder about how the earth looked before? Did it ever cross your mind that earth could have been way healthier before the world’s population increased. I am here to talk to you about more interesting facts, causes, reasons to help and the future outcomes to understand that for future generations children won 't be able to witness what you have due to the seriousness of this issue.
Population growth and its effects on climate change have been hotly debated in recent years by scientists and politicians alike. The Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC has sparked great interest and concern over climate change and how it affects countries differently. The concept of environmental justice has focused on climate change’s unbalanced effects on developing countries, whose populations are more vulnerable to climate change. With rapidly growing populations and inadequate resources and technologies, developing countries have struggled to develop their economy sustainability. The relationship between population and climate change is grossly oversimplified by the idea that as population increase so does its effect on climate change. Realistically, population and climate change affect each other through economic trends, development patterns, society, institutions and the government. Population dynamics is not simply the number of people in a given space. Rather, it is the distribution and continuously changing demographics that make population dynamics a complex but important factor in climate change policy. In recent climate change and environmental protection discussions, developed countries have strongly suggested or even imposed environmental policies upon developing countries. This has caused tension and misunderstandings on both sides as developing countries strive for the economic success of their