Overpopulation : Strength or weakness of the world
                     Overpopulati
on: Strength 
or weakness 
of the world?
Introduction
Overpopulation occurs when 
the number of species exceeds 
the normal capacity. It is the 
major cause of most of the 
world's problems. Human 
population has been increasing 
day by day and a result of this 
the resources are getting 
insufficient.
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Problems due to 
overpopulation
• Food shortage
• Lack of drinking water
• Housing facilities
• Energy resources
• Many other problems which 
are hard to be solved
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Causes of 
overpopulation
• Increase in births
• Decline in the mortality 
rates
• Unsustainable biome
• Immigration
• Depletion of resources
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Solution of 
overpopulation
• Education: Through 
education people will be 
able to think more 
reasonably because most of 
the illiterate people are 
having more children.
• Family planning: Careful 
family planning will help this 
world suffer from the 
problem of overpopulation.
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Effects of Over 
Population
Unemployment
• Generating employment for 
a huge population in a 
country like India is very 
difficult. 
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Manpower 
utilization
• The number of jobless 
people is on the rise in India 
due to economic depression 
and slow business 
development and expansion 
activities.
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Pressure on 
infrastructure
• Development of 
infrastructural facilities is 
unfortunately not keeping 
pace with the growth of 
population. 
• The result is lack of 
transportation, 
communication, housing, 
education, healthcare etc. 
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Resource 
utilization
• Land areas, water resources, 
forests are over exploited. 
There is also a scarcity of 
resources.
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Decreased production 
and increased costs
• Food production and 
distribution have not been 
able to catch up with the 
increasing population and 
hence the costs of 
production have increased. 
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