The Boom of Population Growth

World population growth. ... If population growth remains this current rate, future population pressure will deplete all natural resources and devastate our environment. ... World population. Past: In the year 1900, the world population was approximately 1.6 billion, with 10% of people living in major cities and towns. 1946-1964 was a period of high growth rates or also known as the "Baby Boom Generation". The "Baby Boomers" followed after the difficult times of the depression. ...

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Why is the population boom important? ... In the following years, the growth rate of world population tended to slow down. ... By contrast, in developed countries, the population growth rate is low. ... Population boom is a global problem. ... Based on the analyzed data, population boom peak is in the 1960s and 1970s with more than 1.8% per year. ...

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Our negligence towards the Third World population boom is a time-bomb waiting to happen. ... Today's graph of population growth is an exponential one. In 1807 the world's population reached an unprecedented 1 billion. ... Scientists have devised a fairly accurate representation of the process of a developing nation in terms of population growth. ... The problem is that today there are no nations in the first stage, which is what is causing this exponential growth. ...

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The increase and decrease in a population depends upon the rate of growth. The slower the population growth, the faster the aging of the population (60). ... But because the baby boomer population is aging, it is likely that by 2030 1 in 4 people will be older than 60 (63). ... The rate of population growth is dependent on fertility. ... Yet this contradicts the need for a smaller population and less population growth. ...

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This indicates a growth of 6,137,000 people in just a decade. ... This new raise indicated a growth of 9,132,000 people in another decade. ... That would mean a rise of 18,635,000 people in a decade, showing that the population growth rate is slowly decreasing. The growth rate of Mexico is the result of its traditionally high birth rate, and its sharply reduced death rate. ... The baby booms, fitness booms, and all the other fads increased the population growth rate of Canada and the United States of America, but had no comparison to the immense growth of Mexico. ...

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India, the second largest population on the planet, is predicted to overtake China with its booming birth rate. ... I have chosen three recent media articles from the (i) East Asia Forum namely by Ranjit Goswami titled 'India's population in 2050: extreme projections demand extreme actions', (ii) by Raymond Zhong and Saptarishi Dutta in the Wall Street Journal titled 'As Growth Slows in India, Rural Workers Have Fewer Incentives to Move to Cities and (iii) by Jinoy Jose P from The Hindu newspaper titled 'India's growth model is a disaster'. ... The Indian po...

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Following on, human capital is an important factor for increasing economic growth of a country, as the education and training of a population is an important factor in the aggregate production function. The better trained and educated the population, the more goods they are able to produce overall. This is why economists treat the education level of a population to show the economy's human capital. ... So therefore, the confidence among a population increases, and strikes become less likely to occur.Another way how economic growth can be desirable is that a growing economy affects unemplo...

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Cultural Differences Asian, Hispanic, and African-American ethnic groups are growing larger in proportion to the whole population, becoming more diversified. Today's women are established in the workforce and the general population is highly mobile. ... In the U.S., Baby Boomers are aging and the population of Hispanics, Asians, and other ethnic groups is growing. ... The extension of life span has been a growth in per capita income that makes America fabulously rich! ... Over the next few years we will see enormous marketplace growth in the health and cosmetic surgery industry, as B...

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The non-metro population of the US had an average annual growth rate of 0.9 percent between 1990 and 1994. This is still not as fast as the 1.1 percent growth rate in the metro population, but the gap has narrowed considerably. ... For most of this century, the "natural increase" of births minus deaths has driven modest growth in America's non-metro population. ... As a result, the aging of baby-boom women out of their prime childbearing years reduces births in rural areas first. If this trend continues--and it appears that it will--it will be a significant ...

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Another example of the growth of Casper is the Casper Fire Station. ... The building is associated with the growth and development of the City of Casper during the oil boom of 1914-1927. ... In 1948, oil wells brought another boom. ... The population of Casper significantly grew in 1970s that involved considerable new housing starts. ... Unfortunately, since we have lost our largest industry, the Casper population did not grow so rapidly. ...

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