The Problem of Overpopulation in Developing Countries

The most fundamental issue that currently troubles overpopulated countries and will only worsen is the issue of housing. A United Nations organization Habitat reports at least 600 million urban dwellers and more than 1 billion rural dwellers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America “live in housing so overcrowded and of such poor quality with such

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As a result, since grain and vegetation yields were cut significantly the problem of malnutrition formed ; there simply isn’t enough for the people in these developing third world countries. ” (Brown,Gardner,Halweil, Beyond Malthus,71) This report is coupled with the certainty that virtually all future population growth is going to take place in developing countries, where housing requirements will double or triple. 5 times in Ethiopia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.

It is very apparent that all nations, both those already plagued by severe population problems, and those that have not faced extreme overpopulation yet, have to work with each other in order to prevent social breakdown on a national and a global scale.

Unfortunately because special measures to improve conditions have not been taken by many of the aforementioned third world countries, many of them are already experiencing “demographic fatigue”. “Pathogens can more readily establish in large populations, since all infectious diseases require a critical number of vulnerable individuals in order to take root and spread. The once blue sky is now gray with smoke and smog from burning garbage and fields. and those in Eastern Europe are nearly at the limits of resource consumption. Fish stocks are down 50 percent, and 70-90% of wildlife habitat has been destroyed annually. Due to the destruction of the countryside, thousands of people have fled to the cities to escape. In fact, in many third world countries the problem has escalated into a crisis where millions of people die yearly from malnutrition. However since the government of these nations due not have the financial or structural organization , over 50% of people in various rapidly growing countries like Bangladesh, the Congo, Ethiopia, and Pakistan do not have access to health care services. The vast majority of third world countries have a population that is disproportionately higher than the amount of food from grains, meat, oceanic fisheries etc. In fact one out of every four adults in Africa are infected, and the epidemic is spreading quickly across Asia and Latin America.

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