Over Population
The world’s population is approximately 5.9 billion,
and it is still growing. It has just about doubled in the
past forty years. We are now faced with the issue of over
population. The problem is very severe, and important. It
is controversial how many people this planet can hold. Some
are arguing that we have plenty of room, and we could fit
everyone on the state of Alaska, if we just put 10,000
people on each square mile. Alaska only makes up about one
percent of the earth’s land mass. Other people argue that
we need land to grow and supply all the resources we need,
and we do not have enough for everybody. Either way the
issue is looked at though, many people are being deprived of
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The doubling rate or doubling time, is the time it
takes for a certain population to double. You can figure
out doubling time by using growth rate in a math equation.
The growth rate is the percentage of population gained
yearly, or any other amount of time. The doubling rate of
countries are usually expressed in years. For example,
Rwanda’s population growth rate for 1997 was 8.24%, and if
Rwanda was to double at this rate, it would take 8 years to
do so. The world’s growth rate for 1999 is predicted to be
1.27%. The doubling rate for the world, or any place is
figured out the same way as the countries.
Over population effects are very harmful. Over
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