Is Overpopulation a Problem

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Is overpopulation a problem? I believe overpopulation can be a bad and a good thing. I will begin with some reasons against overpopulation being a problem. One socially and economically positive reason is that a larger population creates and larger workforce. For example this would apply to china the most as it has a huge industry that constantly needs a large workforce to keep up to industries manufacturing demand as china is one of the biggest exporters ranking second in the world with $ 2,057,000,000,000 in exports. This means that more people will be in work and less people will be in poverty creating a greater quality of life for the whole population. This creates to a higher GNI this as the government will gain more taxes in which they can use to help the country develop far more. Overpopulation is not causing world hunger, LEDCs are just treated unfairly economically. By increasing the amount of fair trade these workers can trade or grow food. By not investing in rural agriculture small farmers are losing out which is a reason why the population in Africa is losing out on resources (food). Heifer International is one organization aimed at helping small farmers become independent and improve their livelihood through education and gifts of livestock with a commitment to give the first offspring to their neighbours. This will help prevent malnutrition. According to the U.N population database the world’s population in 2010 was 6,908,688,000. The landmass of Texas is 268,820 sq/mi which equates to a 3x3 plot of land for each person on the planet, enough space for a town house. This shows that overpopulation is not a problem as clearly the worlds capacity for space is huge but is not widely spread out enough as a country like India has a huge population density (411.89 people/sq kilometre) where as Australia does not (2.90 people/sq kilometre) . My first

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