Category: Population

Overpopulation: The World’s problem

admin /29 May, 2009

  Overpopulation: The World’s Problem

by

Vince Busam

English 12
Period 2
Bradburn
11 December, 1995
The world’s population will soon reach a level where there will not be enough resources to sustain life as we know it. Growth must be checked to avoid this catastrophe. Many environmental, social, and economic problems either stem from or are increased in magnitude by the overpopulation problem. With an exponentially increasing population, the problems created by overpopulation grow correspondingly. To ensure population stability not only in the increasingly wealthy third-world areas, but also in the industrialized areas, countries and individuals must work together to achieve zero population growth.

Zero immigration and sustainable populations

admin /17 May, 2009

Zero immigration and sustainable populations

By Eric Claus – posted Wednesday, 5 November 2008

 

In April 2006 the Australian Government Productivity Commission published a report entitled Economic Impacts of Migration and Population Growth. The study included economic modelling of an increase in skilled migration of an extra 50,000 migrants per year, for 20 years, compared to the skilled migration numbers in 2004-05. Some of the conclusions were:

  • economic gains accrue mostly to skilled migrants and capital owners (page 151);
  • hourly wages will drop slightly under high immigration (page 161);
  • the incomes of existing resident workers grows more slowly than would otherwise be the case (page 151);
  • these results are consistent with research both in Australia and overseas (page 161); and
  • environmental impacts are likely to impose a drag on productivity and living standards, but the details are “too hard” to quantify (page 122).

This is not a report by some racist group that wants to limit immigration to keep Australia white. This is not a report by some deep green environmental group that wants everybody to live in communes and wear jute shirts. This is the Productivity Commission. The Productivity Commission – primarily an economic research organisation.

Australia’s Projected Population Problems

admin /13 May, 2009

1   The current population is approaching 22 Million. 2   The projected annual population increase is 398.000 (ABS Site    Figures) 3   The doubling time for this increase in population is 40 years. Should the population continue to increase at the same rate the population would be 44 million by year 2049 4    The current infrastructure is Continue Reading →

Population Growth Rates.

admin /8 May, 2009

Population Growth Rates Population Growth Rates and Doubling Time By Matt Rosenberg, Jan 10 2009 The rate of national growth is expressed as a percentage for each country, commonly between about 0.1% and 3% annually. You’ll find two percentages associated with population – natural growth and overall growth. Natural growth represents the births and deaths in Continue Reading →

Total Midyear Population fot theworld:1950-2050

admin /30 April, 2009

Total Midyear Population for the World: 1950-2050 Year Population Annualgrowth rate (%) Annualpopulation change 1950 2,555,955,393 1.47 37,807,330 1951 2,593,762,723 1.61 42,101,075 1952 2,635,863,798 1.71 45,354,486 1953 2,681,218,284 1.78 48,096,925 1954 2,729,315,209 1.87 51,594,958 1955 2,780,910,167 1.89 53,156,544 1956 2,834,066,711 1.96 56,034,059 1957 2,890,100,770 1.94 56,726,494 1958 2,946,827,264 1.77 52,551,450 1959 2,999,378,714 1.40 42,307,137   Continue Reading →

Optimum Population Trust

admin /30 April, 2009

  Concerned about the speed of global warming?About food, water and energy scarcity – the effects of overpopulation on a plundered planet?About the UK’s failure to stabilise its own population?   Support the Optimum Population TrustSupport research into optimum population sizesCampaign for a lower population in the UKSign our Stop at Two pledge! World population Continue Reading →

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