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More than 6 billion people are breeding exponentially and overwhelming the Earth's resources with consumption. The human population is stripping the planet of its ability to support life through overuse of land, water, and air. While global fertility rates have dropped from 5 children per woman in 1950 to 2.9 in 2000, this is still far above the replacement level of 2.1, and over 1.5 billion people live in acute poverty as a way of life.

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l4-01 Human Population 2

More than 6 billion people are breeding exponentially and overwhelming the Earth's resources with consumption. The human population is stripping the planet of its ability to support life through overuse of land, water, and air. While global fertility rates have dropped from 5 children per woman in 1950 to 2.9 in 2000, this is still far above the replacement level of 2.1, and over 1.5 billion people live in acute poverty as a way of life.

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Did you know that more than 6 billion people are still breeding exponentially?

The Human Population The Troublemakers


The process of fulfilling our needs and wants is stripping earth of its biotic capacity to produce life; burst of consumption by a single species is overwhelming the skies, earth waters and land.

FACTORS AFFECTING HUMAN POPULATION SIZE

Birth rates and death rates Fertility rates

Acute poverty has become a way of life for about 1.5 billion people.

How have global fertility rates changed?


Good news: TFRs have dropped from 5 in 1950 to 2.9 children per woman in 2000 Bad news: the average global TFR of 2.9 is far above the replacement level of 2.1

Single most important measure of a societys quality of life.

Population Age Structure

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