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Over the past 60 years, the world population has expanded rapidly
and it has increased from roughly 3 billion in 1960 to approximately
7.3 billion in 2015 (The World Bank, no date). By 2050, the predicted
population will rise to more than 9 billion (Population Reference
Bureau, no date). It has been heated argued that the world is
overpopulated and the planet would face much more challenges if
the world population remains growing rapidly. However, as Allen and
Thomas suggested (2004, p.140), the world is relatively
overpopulated, depending on where to count and how to measure.
For instance, in certain parts of the world, particularly some
developing area, land is considerably overused due to poverty. A
large number of people are hungry for the fuel, food and pasture. On
the other hand, compared with the developing area, there will be
more resources and fewer poor people in some developed area.
Therefore, overpopulated appears to the unequal access to
resources and the population distribution rather the sheer number
of population.
Reference list
The World Bank (no date). Population, total | Data. [online] Available
at: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=1W
[Accessed 12 Mar. 2017].