The world is experiencing a dramatic increase in population. This is causing problems not only for the poor in undeveloped countries but also for industrialised and developing nations. Describe some of the problems that overpopulation causes, and suggest at least one possible solution.

For the past few decades, planet earth is observing a significant rise in world population which is very alarming. Substantial increase in population is

also

causing problems in growing countries.

This

essay will explain some of the problems caused by

overpopulation

and will recommend few possible remedies to overcome

this

issue. The very

first

problem

caused by

overpopulation

is in providing basic necessities of life to

inhabitants

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the inhabitants

. Governments find it very hard to provide adequate food and water to residents, provide quality educational services and faces problems in facilitating proper health services both in urban and rural areas.

For instance

, in India, more than 70% people

lives

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live

below the poverty line.

Moreover

,

overpopulation

destroys the ecosystem of the society. Another cause due to the increase in population is that governments and administrators of the emergent countries fail to arrange proper public services.

This

includes logistics, mass transit system, power generation and arranging housing facilities for people in overcrowded cities.

For instance

, people in Pakistan are facing

crisis

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a crisis

in the energy sector and public

transport

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transportation

system due to

overpopulation

.

This

also

gives rise to

unemployment which

Accept comma addition

unemployment, which

results in

increased crime rate

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an increased crime rate

. There are

few remedies

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a few remedies

to over

this

acute

problem

. One of them is through having awareness programs for families to control

birth rate

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the birth rate

birth rates

.

For instance

, family health workers in Sindh created a huge impact in rural areas by educating families about the issues caused by

overpopulation

. Government should

also

put in place strong policies and high tax rate on families having more than two children To conclude,

overpopulation

causes

problem

in health, academic and other public services domain and place a huge burden on the government. If the

problem

continues to grow without having proper control of it, many more people will die due to starvation in poor countries and

life

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live

in growing countries will become increasingly difficult.