In ancient times people lived in small isolated communities. Birthrate was high, yet so was the death rate, resulting in the growth of people being slow and uneven. Humans were dying from wars, plagues and famines. However, as agriculture and food supplies developed, the birthrate started to surpass the amount of deaths. Come the Middle Ages and knowledge had vastly increased in farming, hygiene and medicines, resulting in people living longer; and rapid world population increase. By the late 1700’s, population growth was exponential. This was due to falling death rates caused by improvements in medicines, farming machinery and better agricultural methods.

Yet now the world is facing overpopulation due to birth rates taking over the death rate. Countries have now had to introduce policies such as the One Child law, to

Half of the world’s population today lives in urban areas, lured by the promise of bright lights, career opportunities and hope for a better life. If this trend continues, in 20 years’ time giant metropolises such as NY, LA will no longer be the most populous cities. Instead they’ll be replaced by such emerging urban mega-cities as Pakistan, Dhaka and Indonesia, with each of these newcomers presently residing in the “Poorest Countries” list.

Literacy and urbanisation account for the world’s numbers. If everybody in the world had the opportunity to be literate (like most of the developed countries), it is a proven fact that fertility and mortality would both be lowered. This would largely be due to women gaining a higher status in the world and contraceptive knowledge.

Birthrates and death rates are two of the most important factors in the change of the human population.

So where are these rampant increases of humans coming from? Developing countries.

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