Demographic Perspectives: Population Problems The world simply said is “screwed”. There are just many people on our planet, and with this problem there is a drastic effects on our environment and valuable natural resources. The main two reasons for the population problems are low mortality rates and high fertility rates. I feel that though it may be hard to imply on to people with different social norms, the government enforcing one child per couple might …showed first 75 words of 835 total…

…showed last 75 words of 835 total…We are starting to feel the effects of over population today; in the future it will be a whole lot worse. The US is not too crowded compared to many other countries, and the fertility rate of North America is just a little below two. Although we haven’t experienced too much of the impact of over population compare to other countries, we will eventually be hit hard by the ever-growing problem of over population.