Population Growth: A Stress to an Economy

The UN projects that the worldwide population increases from a population of seven .7 billion in 2019 to 11.2 billion by the top of the century. By that point, the UN projects, the fast global increase will come to an end. While in some regions the planet population will likely grow rapidly for the approaching decade's other regions will still see declining population numbers.The global increase is decided by the number of births and deaths. Improving health is increasing the dimensions of the population because it is decreasing mortality. The countervailing trend is falling fertility rates – the trend of couples having fewer children is what brought rapid increase to an end in many countries already, and what is going to bring an end to rapid increase globally.

The worldwide increase rate has already bogged down considerably: It reached its peak at over 2% within the late 1960s and has been falling since. The UN projections for the worldwide increase rates, which are produced since the 1950s, have an honest diary in projecting the dimensions of the worldwide population. The demographers of WC-IIASA model what is going to happen consistent with different scenarios and explain that the increase rate tomorrow depends on what we do today. Rapid progress in getting children and particularly girls into schools will end in a way smaller global population. The most important disagreement between different projections is concerning the longer term of Africa. While the UN projects a 3.5-fold increase in the population of Africa, other researchers find a way smaller increase more likely.

Raghav Saxena

Birla School, Pilani