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Overpopulation Burdening the Earth 


"Either we reduce the world's population voluntarily or nature will do this for us, but brutally." - The human population is increasing rapidly and it's becoming harder and harder for the ecological set-up to control such a gigantic population. This rapid increment is leading to disturbances in the Environment. The term is self-explanatory, overpopulation is the existence of too many individuals in the Human population. This high number is extremely concerning because of the below reasons, A.) Limited resources are getting depleted quickly due to the increase in population. B.) Various issues like malnutrition, economic disparity and famine are directly linked to overpopulation. C.) Overpopulation also causes an increment in unemployment as governments in most developing countries are not efficient enough to keep up with the increasing population. D.) Degradation of the Environment and shortage of freshwater are also linked with overpopulation. 


Asia's position is worst in regards to overpopulation. The population density and total population count of various Asian countries are sky touching. The two most populated countries in the world are in Asia are India (1.38 billion) and China (1.41 billion). Other highly populated countries in Asia are Indonesia (255 million), Pakistan (191 million), Bangladesh (158 million) and Japan (126 million). Several researchers predict that Asia may face a population boom in the coming 50 years. The population boom can be avoided only if the human population makes combined efforts. Some ways to keep the population in control are:- A.) Use of contraceptive methods:- If there will be proper awareness among teenagers about contraceptive methods then they will be able to avoid unwanted pregnancy later. Couples must use contraceptive methods to avoid offspring. B.)Population control laws:- These are extremely important because if the government only allows 2 or at most 3 children and refrains from providing state benefits to offspring born after the set limit then couples will avoid more than 2 or 3 offspring. You can sign petitions, spread awareness and post on your social media handle about this in order to make people aware of the need for population control laws. C.) Family planning programs should be increased. Couples must be taught about the benefits of a few offsprings. If topics like family planning and population growth aren't taught in your school or if you aren't aware of them then you must surely devote time to get insights into this extremely significant topic.

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