{"id":11494,"date":"2024-03-18T17:26:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T17:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=11494"},"modified":"2024-03-18T18:01:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T18:01:59","slug":"overpopulation-facts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/overpopulation-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Overpopulation Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11494\" class=\"elementor elementor-11494\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-156766e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"156766e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dbb3116\" data-id=\"dbb3116\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4811e70 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4811e70\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c61579\" data-id=\"5c61579\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68d8a0f elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"68d8a0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Overpopulation<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9541c34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"9541c34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-overpopulation-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-11507 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-overpopulation\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Overpopulation<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-11506 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/important-overpopulation-terms\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Overpopulation Terms<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-11505 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/effects-of-overpopulation\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Effects of Overpopulation<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-11504 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/causes-of-overpopulation\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Causes of Overpopulation<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-11503 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/environment\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Environment<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-11502 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/overpopulation-facts\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Overpopulation Facts<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c3045c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1c3045c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5afaf3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"5afaf3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8545e78\" data-id=\"8545e78\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1045739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1045739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Interesting overpopulation facts<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18f62d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18f62d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Most populated countries in the world.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The most populated countries in the world are China (1.3 billion people). This is followed by India (1.2 billion people), the United States of America (329 million people), Indonesia (262 million people) and Brazil (208 million people). All these figures are approximated.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the US, California is the most populated state with about 39 million people. The population per square mile is 253. This does not make California overpopulated. The population density is very low, compared to the population density of the District of Columbia, which has a population density of about 11,350 people per square mile.<\/span><\/p><p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Destruction of forest lands for urban use.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">More than 80 million acres of forests and wetland habitats have been destroyed in Florida, USA, in the past 50 years alone. In 1990 about 19 acres of forest and wetlands were converted to urban use.<\/span><\/p><p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pressure on water resources.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Population explosion in settlements along the US-Mexico border (The Chihuahuan Desert) has placed great pressure on water. As a result, water from the Rio Grande River has been diverted from its natural course for irrigation purposes.<\/span><\/p><p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Overpopulation and loss of species.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Here is evidence of the loss of species resulting from human actions and pressure on water: In Africa, 42% of all freshwater mollusks are globally threatened and in Europe, 68% of endemic freshwater mollusks (mollusks are shelly seafood such as shrimps, prawns, crabs, crayfish and lobsters) are globally threatened by habitat loss, pollution and the development of dams.\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cMost of the drivers of biodiversity loss, including species extinctions, are economic in nature,\u201d says Dr Simon Stuart, Chair, IUCN Species Survival Commission.<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Changing world demographics.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The demographic processes (population growth, age distribution, urbanization, and migration) of the global population are changing. By 2050, 22% of the world\u2019s population is expected to be 60 years old or older, up from 10% in 2005. Nearly half of the world&#8217;s population is under the age of 25 years. In Africa and Asia, the urban population is expected to double between the years 2000 and 2030. By the year 2030, the towns and cities of the developing world will make up an estimated 81% of urban humanity.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd9c66c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd9c66c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Some of our reading resources for the lesson included the following:<\/p><p>1. census.gov\/popclock\/world<br \/>2. National Wildlife Federation, in a report titled Population and the Environment, http:\/\/www.npg.org\/wp- content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/<br \/>effects_of_overpopulation_wildlife.pdf (accessed on July 7, 2018)<br \/>3. (Taken from The Chihuahuan Desert:<br \/>A Life-filled Landscape, by Christopher Williams.)<br \/>4. Press Release, Securing the web of life, 19 June 2012, ISSN 2307-8235<br \/>International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.<br \/>5. The United Nations World Water Development Report 3,<br \/>WATER IN A CHANGING WORLD. Page 29-30<br \/><span class=\"s1\">6. NCHS Data Brief \u25a0 No. 456 \u25a0 December 2022. <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Mortality in the United States, 2021. <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Jiaquan Xu, M.D., Sherry L. Murphy, B.S., Kenneth D. Kochanek, M.A., and Elizabeth Arias, Ph.D.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-26df925\" data-id=\"26df925\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcaeff8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"fcaeff8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e86bfe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e86bfe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8be102b\" data-id=\"8be102b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e1ca9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7e1ca9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/environment\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">GO BACK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c356106\" data-id=\"c356106\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overpopulation What is Overpopulation Overpopulation Terms Effects of Overpopulation Causes of Overpopulation Environment Overpopulation Facts Interesting overpopulation facts Most populated countries in the world. The most populated countries in the world are China (1.3 billion people). 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