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Student Article
High School Science Journal
Author: Kaylie Hwang, Analissa Sarno, Gena Katzer |
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India's Population ProblemJuly 12, 2006
India is the seventh largest country in the world; it occupies more than three million sq km. Behind China as the most populous country, India has more than one billion inhabitants. India supports more than 15% of the world’s population and only occupies 2.4% of the world’s land mass. The age structure in India shows that almost 40% of the population is under the age of 15. (India, online) India’s average age is very young suggesting that many people die before they reach adulthood, yet the population keeps growing. India’s biggest problem is the growing population. With this comes the need to produce enough food for the population. As it is, half of the population is considered to be “poor” and 36% is considered “very poor,” according to the World Bank standards for poverty. “As a result of the lack of resources and money, nine out of ten children are malnourished. And 50% of children die from malnutrition. As the population keeps rising, other environment problems become more critical. These issues include easy access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation. (Botkin, 53). A zero population growth must be achieved and the most effective way to slow the population growth is to delay the woman’s age of first childbirth. In order to delay the age of birth, women need more education and have an increase in their standard of living which would then eventually lead to a delay in the woman’s age of childbirth. Other ways to control population growth is through breast-feeding, birth control, and through nation programs to educate people about birth controls and why we should make a careful choice to have children. Breast-feeding delay resumption of ovulation and educating people who do not know about birth control can learn through a program educating people about birth controls and learn why we should make careful choices about having children. There are many ways to decrease population growth, however, the most effective way is to delay the woman’s age of first childbirth through more education. The decrease in population would decrease death rate by providing enough food for people so that people would not die because of malnourishment.
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