Overpopulation What does it man to be overpopulated? To some it means living in a world with more than 1 billion people. By that standard, we would have been overpopulated in the mid 19th century. Overpopulation should be defined as a situation where it is impossible to provide everyone on the earth a standard of living that is at a normal level. Most people don't think that a population growth of 1 or 2 percent a year is a big deal, well small percentages add up very quickly. The current population of the world today is 5.7 billion, with an annual growth rate of 1.5%. At this rate, 88 million people will be added to the population this year alone. That's nearly 1/4 million additional people to feed every 24 hours. At this rate the world's population will double in 47 years. Already,....

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