HUNGER AND POPULATION EXPLOSION

1. IRSHAD NAREJO

2. Q5: What is meant by birth-rate and death-rate,
and how do they affect the population of a
country?
 Birth-rate is no. of births per 1000
population. Death-rate is no. of deaths per
1000 population. Birth-rate and death-rate
affect a population in a way that if birth-rate
is higher than death-rate the population
increases at high rate, if it is lower than
death-rate there is decrease in population. If
both are equal the population remains same.

3. Q6 :What have public-health measures to do
with increase in population?
 The Public health measures have increased
the population. As the different types of
vaccines has eliminated the mortal disease
from the countries and due to which the
death-rate has decreased and in result the
population is increasing.

4. Q7:Account for the high birth-rate in under-
developed countries ?
 The under-developed countries have high
birth-rate. The under-developed countries
already have lack of essential resources. They
are too much poor countries and the
continuous increase in the population makes
the situation worse.

5. Q8: Why is birth-rate not so high in the more
advanced countries?
 In the advanced countries the birth-rate is not
so high because people want to maintain high
standards of life .In order to maintain the high
standard, they need the financial resources ,
therefore they keep their population low so
that they can maintain the required standard
of life .

6. Q9: Give a brief account of the poor economic
conditions prevailing in under-developed
countries?
 The under-developed countries are
characterized by high rate of poverty, they
don’t have their own factories , the roads and
other infrastructure is not enough , the
hospitals and schools are not sufficient. All of
these conditions affect an economy vey badly.