3. It was when the World’s
population hit
7 Billion!
4. Some Countries Celebrated:
Zambia- 7,000,000,000 song contest
Vietnam- staged a 7 billion concert
Russia- authorities gave gifts to
selected babies
Ivory coast- national comedians
staged a show.
Philippines- 7 billionth baby born
(Danica)
5. But other countries do not think it
is a cause for celebration!
Instead they are VERY
concerned.
6. WHY are they so concerned?
Because …
More babies are being born and people are living
longer.
Population of the world is increasing too rapidly for it
to be sustainable.
1987- 5 billion
1999- 6 billion
2011- 7 billion
2025- 8 billion (predicted)
2100- 10 billion (predicted)
(India will overtake China as the world’s most
populous nation by 2025, with an estimated 1.5
billion people).
7. What is happening?
More people means more people taking
resources such as
Food
Land for farming and building
Loss of ground water
Deforestation
Heavy energy use (which leads to climate change)
Population is growing most in poorest/
developing countries
Poor countries also have fragile environments
Rich countries try to protect what they have
and don’t really want to share
8. Activity to help you understand:
4 people stand on one side of the room-
represent developed countries
Rest of class stand on other side of room-
represent developing countries
Resources allocated
Does it seem fair to you?
9. Who is populating the world?
People in developing countries, especially
Africa, Latin America and Asia (5 kids or more
on average)
These people have big families because of
Cultural values
Lack of education
No family planning
Want large families to work the land and as many of
their children die young
Developed countries (2 kids on average per
year)
10.
11.
12. Facts
India will overtake China as the world’s most populous nation
by 2025, with an estimated 1.5 billion people.
If China did not have a family planning law (only 1 child per
family) the world population would have reached 1 billion in
2006.
Some people say the Chinese law is against human rights, but
it has worked.
USA is only developed country that has a growing population.
◦ White population of European heritage is not growing
◦ Immigrants are causing population growth from
Latin America, especially Mexico (laborers)
Asians (educated professionals)
13. How can this problem be solved?
Education
Family planning
◦ Keep girls in poor countries in school so they know about
family planning and have a choice (many marry at 13-14
years old and start having babies)
Put less stress on the environment-decrease
dependence on fossil fuels
Decrease the number of households (use less
energy)
14. If you want a sustainable
Earth for generations to
come, then something needs
to be done now .
What do you think should
happen?
