Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Population Growth Forecast From the U.N. May Be Too High

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/21/business/uns-forecast-of-population-growth-may-be-too-high.html?_r=0

The text is really good because it shows us the population situation from a perspective of a big human organization.

The U.N is worried because the population increase (natality rate is not going down). So on the end there will be too much people on the planet. And the places were natality rate isn't decreasing are poor or LEDCs like countries from Africa and South America. Fertility rate would need to be at 2.1 children per woman per her lifetime so that the planet would not become overcrowded. Which is in the real world impossible target? Especially because in poor and less economically developed countries, people don’t know for condoms and for pregnancy pills. The problem that they are making is that planet Earth will have more people who are not educated. And who will be unemployed or work for a minimum wage. The only thing that we can hope for is that in those countries where natality rate is going to stay at the high level that U.N will help them with educating people about condoms and pregnancy pills or that governments will put higher taxes for the families with more children.  

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