Current world population is estimated to be at 6,830,283,000+.
It is also estimated to be at 8,918,724,000+ by the year 2050. It won't take that long for the worlds current population to double. So what would happen, what would you think would happen?
If the world had a population of 16 Billion people? Could the world governments, possibly support that many people?
Surely by the time the population cap reaches 16billion the average nations would have atleast several hundred million people an the bigger nations such as China,Russia,U.S etc,would have well over a billion ( china and india, currently have over a billion)
Could the world possibly handle that many people? Would there be enough resources?
2007-01-18 17:47:30 · 7 answers · asked by D.O... 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
There is always something that controls populations whether it be war, famine, or natural disasters. Just in case we should all think about this for our children and grandchildren and prepare better. Good question.
2007-01-18 17:53:12 · answer #1 · answered by Sacbro 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Other option is to have one-child policy just like what China is implementing currently. The Philippines or Manila, the capital, itself is overpopulated and the former president, Gloria Arroyo, an economist, recommended maximum of two children policy. Her abstract is to minimize population growth because having two children is like replacing the two parents when they die. But that won't solve the problem. Yes, it will minimize the growth of population but will still keep on multiplying. Yes. I did the math. Parents (2) have two. Those two gets married and have two (4), then have 2 (8 people are most likely alive in a short close generation gaps. I didn't include the fact that one person can have multiple spouses and children on each; A person can fail to meet the maximum two-children policy with a spouse let alone if he/she has children with other spouse/spouses; better human adaptation with weather/climate; medicine and new medical discovery and breakthrough slow down death rate; Catholic Church's and other denominations' forbiddance of birth-control (condoms, etc) (Only applies to devout Catholics and believers); etc.
2015-11-01 15:58:39 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People are amazingly adaptive, and ingenious on the whole when it comes to survival. It's not "what will happen to the people" that you should question. It's what will happen to everything else that lives on this planet.
Can we possibly double our numbers without encroaching further on the habitats of those animals who share this planet with us?
Resources? We always find a way. When we run out of gasoline, we'll use solar power, or corn fuel.
Food? We have so much now that the U.S. wastes most of what it has.
The problem lies more with what will that many people do to the planet and it's wildlife?
2007-01-18 18:00:42 · answer #3 · answered by Theresa A 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Soylent Green!
2007-01-18 17:50:38 · answer #4 · answered by purrr:) 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Human beings have an incredible ability to adapt. If they run out of one resource, they will come up with another to support themselves. However, they may destroy the planet in the process...that we may not be able to survive.
2007-01-18 17:51:40 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
When the world is overpopulated, we have wars, famines, poverty, pollution, extinction of species, and loss of forests. Sound familiar?
2007-01-18 18:55:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nature will regulate itself, it always has and always will.
More humans, more waste, pollution,ect. Nature will kill the humans with disease, starvation, storms, earthquakes, tsnaumi's & impacts from space.
Just like our global warming. If we don't stop it, nature will stop us.
2007-01-18 19:09:47 · answer #7 · answered by aorton27 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋