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1. RAMAVILASOM TRAINING COLLEGE
(Affiliated to the University of Kerala)
VALAKOM P.O., KOLLAM- 691532
COMPOSITION
Semester- II
Topic: Population Growth
Libin C. James
Optional: English
Reg. No: 165 14 341 007

2. POPULATION GROWTH
One of the major problems that the world faces today is the rapid growth of population,
often referred to as population explosion. The population has recently risen to about six billion. It
is three times as large as it was in 1960. Experts predict that by 2020 there will be about ten billion
people, causing problems of hunger, overcrowding and environmental pollution.
This enormous increase of population is due to better food, better hygiene and, above all
the advances made in medicine. Rapid developments in modern medicine have conquered many
diseases and consequently the death rate has decreased. Until the beginning of the 19th
most people
died before the age 50. Today in developed countries the average life span has risen to more than
70 years. The population goes on increasing at an alarming in spite of the practice of birth control
in many parts of the world
With a population of over one million, India is the second most populous country in the
world. India’s population has risen drastically since 1950. The government is taking measures to
check the population growth. Recent advances in farming have made the country productive
enough to feed the present population. According to Julian Simon of the University of Maryland
“Although population growth means there will be more mouth to feed, there will be more hands
to work and more brains to think.”