{"id":43632,"date":"2021-07-26T05:54:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T09:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=43632"},"modified":"2021-08-02T11:29:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T15:29:27","slug":"global-population-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/global-population-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Population Growth: Consequences and Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How fast is the world’s population growing? Which countries are contributing the most? What are the main challenges of global population growth?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United Nations predicts that in 2050, the earth\u2019s population will be 9.7 billion.\u00a0Most of this growth will come from nine countries, including India, Nigeria, and the United States. Many of these countries are already contending with poverty, resource limitation, environmental destruction, or political conflict. Adding more people to the mix will multiply these issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we’ll discuss the effects and implications of global population growth and take a look at some solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Consequences of Population Growth<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Global population growth has a huge effect on Mother Nature\u2014the more people there are on the planet, the more resources they\u2019ll need to survive, placing further stress on the environment. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In earlier times, many people had lots of children but there was also a high mortality rate. Now, in general, the human mortality rate is decreasing and people are having fewer children. However, in certain parts of the world, the mortality rate is decreasing but people are having the same number of children. <\/strong>Most of the estimated population growth will take place in nine countries, including India, Nigeria, and the US. These nine countries either already have a large population or have high fertility rates. Countries with high fertility tend to also have high levels of child marriage, gender inequality, and opposition to birth control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Population and Globalization<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Population explosion makes it difficult to keep up with globalization\u2014education and new jobs can only be developed so quickly.<\/strong> Because globalization accelerates exponentially, a country can fall far behind even in a short period of time. Previous methods for catching up\u2014for example, exports\u2014are no longer as viable in an automated, digital world. Additionally, countries that were able to catch up in the past, such as East Asian countries in the 20th century, had smaller populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Falling behind on global flows can have two consequences:<\/p>\n\n\n\n