Overpopulation

An inevitable problem we are facing today.

Created by: Jonathan Prudencio ,Jacob Diaz, Andrea Kozuszek, Joseph Garcia, And
Lizbeth Ramirez
What is Overpopulation?
overpopulation

('vr-pp'y-l'shn)

The population of an environment by a particular species in excess of the environment's carrying capacity. The
effects of overpopulation can include the depletion of resources, environmental deterioration, and the prevalence
of famine and disease
 Why is this an issue?
There are many causes to overpopulation which in
turn create many negative effects that affect us as a
whole, and they come with severe consequences.
These consequences will cause problems like
pollution to food shortages.
WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF OVERPOPULATION
Decline in Death Rate (Particularity Infant Mortality)

Advance Medicine

Fertility Treatment Technology

Lack of Family Planning

Lack of Sex Education

What Are The Effects of Overpopulation
Food Shortages/Starvation (Between 2010 and 2010, 1 in 8 people around the world was
suffering from hunger and undernourishment

Easily spread disease (The closer people become, the easier airborne illnesses are spread. 8.6
million Tuberculosis cases in 2012

Water Supply Contamination (3.4 million people die each year because of contaminated water
related disease

Disappearances of renewable resources

Environmental damage

Unemployment

Rising Conflict Between Territories

What measures can be taken to control
overpopulation ?
In order to reduce the adverse impacts of overpopulation, mitigation measures,
such as spreading awareness and education about overpopulation, enacting birth
control measures and regulations, and providing universal access to birth control
devices and family planning, must be taken. In countries like China, the
government has put policies in place that regulate the number of children allowed
to a couple, and some leaders and environmentalists are suggesting that the
United Nations implement a China-like one-child policy globally to help control and
reduce overpopulation gradually.
 Statistics
Max amount of people able to live on earth :10 billion people
Statistics
8 Most populous countries :

China: 1,355,692,576

India: 1,236,344,631 Nigeria: 177,155,754

Us: 318,892,103

Indonesia: 253,609,643 Bangladesh: 166,280,713

Brazil: 202,656,788

Pakistan: 196,174,380
 182.2754
%
That percentage represents the growth rate between the years 1950-2015, thats a total
of at least 4,658,959,320 people added to the world population in that time period.
In the last 40 years
the population has
DOUBLED
 Sources:
http://mahb.stanford.edu/library-item/the-effect-of-overpopulation-on-
public-health/

http://www.pewresearch.org/

http://www.unfpa.org/

http://www.everythingconnects.org/

http://www.renewableresourcescoalition.org/
http://www.postconsumers.com/education/10-facts-overpopulation/