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    Underpopulation or overpopulation?

    1. Look at the pictures and answer the questions.

    • Do you know or can you guess where the pictures1 were taken? What made you infer that?
    • How do you feel when you look at each of these pictures?
    • How do you think people might feel in crowded or empty places? Why do you think they feel that
    way?
    • What difficulties may arise in places with too many or too few people?

    2. You are going to watch a video about underpopulation and overpopulation. Share your
    understanding of the concepts below and say how they might be connected to the video.
    A. exponential growth
    B. extreme poverty
    C. population bomb

    3. Watch the video [https://youtu.be/Dru78IHxQE0] and check your answers.

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    Underpopulation or overpopulation?

    4. Tick all the factors mentioned in the video. Watch the video again and check your answers.
    A. reduction in fertility rates
    B. medical advancements
    C. economic development
    D. environmental factors
    E. cultural and religious factors
    F. education
    G. delayed marriage
    H. government policies

    5. Discuss the questions. Give examples if possible.


    • How might the other factors from ex. 4 (the ones which were not mentioned in the video) affect the
    issues of overpopulation and underpopulation?
    • Which other factors, not listed in ex. 4, might play a role here?
    • Which of the factors are more relevant to your context? Why?

    6. Think of synonyms for the words in bold. Then, watch the video again to answer the questions.
    A. How has a reduction in poverty contributed to a decrease in birth rates and what is the significance
    of the “two bucks a day threshold” mentioned in the video?
    B. What role does education, particularly for girls, play in defusing the
    population bomb as described in the video?
    C. What factors might overlap and how do these affect the birth
    rate?
    D. In some regions of the world we are already seeing
    populations begin to shrink. What are some characteristics of
    those areas in terms of economic and education levels?
    E. Some experts are saying that underpopulation might lead to a
    doomsday scenario in the context of the global economy. What
    are their reasons for worrying about this?

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    Underpopulation or overpopulation?

    7. Discuss the questions.


    • Is any information in the video new to you?
    • Has the video changed your perspective in any way? Why/Why not?
    • What ethical concerns should be considered when discussing this issue?

    8. Look at the quotes and statistics in the boxes and complete the statement below with your own
    ideas. Give details and provide examples if possible.
    • In my opinion, the problem we're facing is underpopulation/overpopulation...

    “When girls are educated and when they stay in schools, they get married later in their
    lives, then they have less children and that helps us to reduce the impacts of climate
    change that the population increase brings.”
    - Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (born 1997)

    “Most people think we have too many people on the planet, but actually, this is an
    outdated view. Assuming there is a benevolent future with AI, I think the biggest
    problem the world will face in 20 years is population collapse.”
    - Elon Musk, business magnate and investor (born 1971)

    “There’s lots to worry about these days but you know what worries me most: the news I
    read the day before yesterday that by something like 2045 there will be 10 billion people
    on the planet — or more! I’m scared. I’ll be gone but I am scared for my grandchildren
    and for the wild animals and for the whole human race.”
    - Stephen Hawking, physicist (1942–2018)

    While it took the global population Globally, life expectancy Global fertility is
    12 years to grow from 7 to 8 at birth is expected to rise projected to fall from
    billion, it will take approximately from 72.8 years in 2019 to 2.3 children per
    15 years—until 2037— for it to 77.2 years in 2050. woman in 2021 to 2.1
    reach 9 billion. in 2050.

    Source: un.org

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