The population of the world is now 8 billion and increasing at an ever large rate. Population is increasing like it just has to increase and there is no need for food, shelter and basic human needs for that explosion of people. It is a must to remember that the population of the world was 1 billion in the 1800s and increased to 2 billion in the 1930s. It reached 3 billion in 1966 and just 9 years later, it crossed 4 billion. The important point to note is that in just less than 50 years, the population has doubled; 8 billion in 2023. The number of people that increased to an amount in about 2 centuries, has now increased in less than half of a century . The scientific advancements and revolutions can be attributed for this explosion of population. As the mortality rate of infants decreased by better defense against death causing diseases the number of people increased rapidly. This has caused a lot of problems with food, water and clean air. The increasing number of people need...
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