and it is still growing. It has just about doubled in the

past forty years. We are now faced with the issue of over

population. The problem is very severe, and important. It

is controversial how many people this planet can hold. Some

are arguing that we have plenty of room, and we could fit

everyone on the state of Alaska, if we just put 10,000

people on each square mile. Alaska only makes up about one

percent of the earth's land mass. Other people argue that

we need land to grow and supply all the resources we need,

and we do not have enough for everybody. Either way the

issue is looked at though, many people are being deprived of

food, shelter and clothing because of the excess of people.

Many countries are reducing their population by

family planning. Family planning tries to promote the idea

of using some sort of birth control such as condoms, the

pill, sterilization, IUDs, or some other method. Over the

past three decades, the global percentage of couples using

some form of family planning has increased dramatically. It

has changed from less than 10, to more than 50 percent. The

amount of people who use family plann

China's one child policy is generally denounced by a

do so. The world's growth rate for 1999 is predicted to be

from 1960-1970, 1.2 billion more people existed on Earth.

crowding of people causes sicknesses, and diseases.

out doubling time by using growth rate in a math equation.

limit expanding populations. Many people are poor, and

annual growth rate is starting to drop

important and parents usually provide children with money

about 14.4 in 1951 to 18 in 1989. The age at first birth

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Council's Bongaarts, , North America, family planning, growth rate, birth control, people lived, population growth, doubling rate, expanding populations, single parents, food clothing, money kids,
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)