2. 31 October, 2011
was not only
Halloween

3. It was when the World’s
population hit
7 Billion!

4. Some Countries Celebrated:
 Zambia- song contest
 Vietnam- staged concert
 Russia- authorities gave gifts to
selected babies
 Ivory Coast- comedians staged a
show.
 Philippines- 7 billionth baby born
(Danica)

5. But other countries do not think it
is a cause for celebration!
Instead they are VERY
concerned.

6. WHY are they so
concerned?
More babies are being born and people are living
longer.
Population of the world is increasing too rapidly
for it to be sustainable.
1987- 5 billion
1999- 6 billion
2011- 7 billion
2025- 8 billion (predicted)
2100- 10 billion (predicted)

7. What is happening?
 More people means more people taking
resources such as
 Food
 Land for farming and building
 Loss of ground water
 Deforestation
 Heavy energy use (which leads to climate change)
 Population is growing most in poorest/
developing countries
 Rich countries try to protect what they have
and don’t really want to share

8. Activity to help you understand:
 4 people stand on one side of the room-
represent developed countries
 Rest of class stand on other side of room-
represent developing countries
 Resources allocated
Does it seem fair to you?

9. Who is populating the world?
 People in developing countries, especially
Africa, Latin America and Asia (5 kids or more
on average)
 These people have big families because of
 Cultural values
 Lack of education
 No family planning
 Want large families to work the land and as many of
their children die young
 Developed countries (2 kids on average per
year)

11. Facts
 India will overtake China as the world’s most populous nation
by 2025, with an estimated 1.5 billion people.
 If China did not have a family planning law (only 1 child per
family) the world population would have reached 7 billion in
2006.
 Some people say the Chinese law is against human rights, but
it has worked.
 USA is only developed country that has a growing population.
◦ European population is not growing
◦ New immigrants are causing population growth from
 Latin America, especially Mexico (laborers)
 Asians (educated professionals)

12. How can this problem be solved?
 Education
 Family planning
◦ Keep girls in poor countries in school so they know about
family planning and have a choice (many marry at 13-14
years old and start having babies)
 Put less stress on the environment-decrease
dependence on fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas)
 Decrease the number of households (use less
energy)

13. Sources
Video articles
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/17/opinion/sachs-global-
population/index.html
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2011/10/26/why-is-global-
population-spiking.cnn
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/28/opinion/pearce-population-
fertility/index.html?iref=storysearch
China
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/28/world/asia/china-one-
child/index.html?iref=allsearch
CNN with map
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/28/opinion/pearce-population-
fertility/index.html?iref=storysearch
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/10/31/vassileva-seven-
billionth-baby.cnn?iref=allsearch
Birth Rate Map
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurenmanning/2979574719/
Article in Philippine Enquirer 31st Oct 2011

14. Sources Continued
Photos
Danica
http://img1-cdn.newser.com/square-image/132204-
20111031075632/7-billionth-babies-born-danica-in-
philippines-nargis-in-india.jpeg
Deforestation
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Deforestation/Im
ages/slash_and_burn_children.jpg
India
http://www.indiaonlinepages.com/gifs/india-population-
2011.jpg
African Family
http://blog.invisiblechildren.com.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-
content/uploads/2010/03/Screen-shot-2010-03-30-at-
10.31.57-AM.png
Educating Girls
http://3quarksdaily.blogs.com/3quarksdaily/images/streetpi
c.jpg