This document discusses human population growth and its impacts on the environment. It defines key population terms like population density and describes causes of rapid population growth like decreased death rates and increased birth rates. The document outlines population growth patterns like exponential growth and doubling time. It describes population pyramids and how the age structure of populations can vary between developing and developed nations. The document lists environmental and social impacts of overpopulation like threats to forests and grasslands, increased disease, overcrowding, and unemployment. It concludes by outlining objectives of family planning programs to control population growth.