UNIT III

IMPACT OF POPULATION
GROWTH ON SOCIAL AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS
 IMPACT ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• People must be physically, socially and

mentally healthy for the development of the
nation

• Development of a nation depends upon the

health conditions of the manpower

• Rapid population growth adversely effect the

availability of health services and families
 IMPACT ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• Skilled and specialised man power

• Brings changes in social values and beliefs,

cultural behaviour, traditions and customs of
the society

• Unemployment and financial problems

• Unemployment increases because man power

increases with the increase in population
 IMPACT ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• Population explosion- unemployment,

poverty and low economic development

• Social development determined by better

healthcare facilities, education, high literacy
rate, improvement in the standard of living
 CAUSES OF POPULATION GROWTH

• Widening gap between birth and death rates

 CAUSES OF POPULATION GROWTH

• Better medical facilities

 CAUSES OF POPULATION GROWTH

• Improvement in transport facilities to reach

medical and health care
 CAUSES OF POPULATION GROWTH

• Child marriage and early marriage

 CAUSES OF POPULATION GROWTH
• Child marriage and early marriage

“I’m a simple village girl who has always

obeyed the orders of my father and brothers.
Since forever, I have learned to say yes to
everything. Today I have decided to say no.”

Nujood Ali's childhood came to an abrupt end in 2008

when her father arranged for her to be married to a man
three times her age. With harrowing directness, Nujood
tells of abuse at her husband's hands and of her daring
escape.  With the help of local advocates and the press,
Nujood obtained her freedom—an extraordinary
achievement in Yemen, where almost half of all girls are
married under the legal age.
 CAUSES OF POPULATION GROWTH

• Lack of family planning measures

 CAUSES OF POPULATION GROWTH

• Illiteracy
CONSEQUENCES OF POPULATION GROWTH

• Heavy pressure on land

• Food shortage
• Housing problems
• Unemployment

• Law and order problems

• Lower standard of living
• Lack of natural resources
SUGGESTIONS TO LOWER POPULATION GROWTH

• Emphasis on female literacy

• Adoption of family planning measures
• Educating people through mass media
• Improvement in the quality of health and family
welfare services
• Empowering women as decision makers
• Co-ordination
between states and centres for the
implementation of the population control policies