The continued rise in the world’s population is the greatest problem faced by humanity at the present time. What are the causes of this continued rise? Do you agree that it is the greatest problem faced by humanity?

In the media, in politics, and in academia, the impact of a massive

rise

in the total global

population

is arguably

one

of the most sensitive and hotly-debated topics among all of the potential threats to humanity that are currently under discussion. The current essay discusses some of the perceived causes of

this

rise

, as well as asks the question of whether in fact an

increase

in the global

population

should be considered a serious problem when compared to other potential threats to our existence. That there is a global

rise

in the general human

population

is no doubt. China now has a

population

of over

one

billion inhabitants despite the best efforts of their government to control

this

rise

through their ‘

one

-child policy’, while India now has a total number of people approaching the billion mark. The

birth

rate in the developing world countries continues to

rise

as families from certain countries lack access to

birth

control for financial, political or religious reasons, while in some

culture having

Accept comma addition

culture, having

a large family offers a degree of security against the impact of disease or accidents that may befall certain members of that family.

However

, when discussing the seriousness of

this

problem compared to other pressing issues,

one

can find that the reported

increase

in

population

is not universal across all societies and cultures.

For example

, it is often reported that in far-Eastern countries

such

as Korea and Japan, the

birth

rate among the indigenous

population

has dropped sharply over the

last

few decades, and

accordingly

, those working in higher education

worry

Suggestion

worries

that as the numbers of potential students look set to drop in the coming years, some institutes may well have to close. Other European countries

such

as the UK or Sweden are seeing a fall in the

birth

rates of the native

population

, while

this

has been balanced by an

increase

in the immigrant

population

.

Thus

, while in some contexts

population

growth may appear unsustainable, in other contexts, governments are actively pushing for their

population

to

increase

. With the above factors in mind, as long as improvements in resource management and food technology are made, it may be possible to support an

increase

in the

population

of those in the developing world. At the same time, if developing nations can begin to reach economic parity with the developed world,

one

might see the

increase

in the global

population

eventually become curtailed.