10) The world is experiencing an exponential growth in population in third world countries
9) Fertility rates contribute to the growth of population: beliefs, government policies and culture contributes in an areas fertility rate.
8) In history, prominent figures such as Thomas Mathus and Herve le Bras had foreseen overpopulation and made pessimistic hypothesis on this matter, stating that the world cannot support the ever growing human population.
7) It is an inevitable fact that the amount of middle class would increase in 2030, causing an massive increase of consumption, however, people can start to preserve the earth before it happens
6) In the past century, most of the worlds developed and developing population transits to rising state in the demographic transition model, causing population to increase, consuming the world's resources.
5) Overpopulation could result in war, genocide, disease, pollution, depletion of resources and illiteracy, which could cause even more overpopulation!
4) Despite the falling birthrates, population would still increase, building on the existing population
3) How we consume resources poses more of a threat than overpopulation because developed nations tend to consume excessively, whereas third world countries, who has more population, consumed a mere portion of it. Therefore, to preserve resources, it is up to the people to leave smaller footprints so future generation could thrive.
2) When woman is educated, they are likely to have less children causing a decreased birthrate
1)According the Thomas Malthus, population will increase exponentially, more then the resources on earth can support
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