CURRENT AND POTENTIAL POPULATION PROBLEMS

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      As was mentioned before, India has an extremely large population, high population density, and a very high rate of natural increase. As is evident, India needs to lose population rather gain population. According to statistics, if India continues at this rate of population increase, by 2050 India will have a population of around 1, 748, 000, 000. India`s high fertility rate of 2.6 percent also does not help the cause as the fertility rate needed to sustain population is roughly 2.1 percent. India should be trying to have a fertility rate below 2.1 percent to relieve India from the negative effects of too much population. With too large an increase of population, percentage of increase and fertility rate, rapid population growth over next few years if no restriction is made will result in the dwindling of Indian resources, hygiene levels will decrease, epidemics will spread very quickly and new epidemics have a greater chance of developing and standards of life, health, and all other aspects of life will greatly plummet.

Here are some potential and current problems that India is facing demographically.

-Elders (65+ years) to Non-Elders: 1-5

A low population of elders is an indication that standards of life aren`t sufficable. The average life expectancy of the average Indian is very low-63 for men and 65 for women, meaning with an increase in population, the average life expectancy will decrease even further.

-Very high dependency load: 37%
India`s dependency load is extremely high, especially the population of Indians between the ages of 1-15. A high children`s population indicates that standards of life are low,  and children are needed for labour. This indicates a low stage of demographic transition. India must aim for a high stage, meaning they must advance technologically to achieve a decrease in population.

-Projected population (2025): 1, 444, 500, 000
à (2050): 1, 748, 000, 000
Increased population means resources will run out, and India will have to rely on imports to survive which will decimate the economy and possibly cause debt.

-Overpopulation-362 people per square kilometre
Same problems as said for overpopulation

-Very high infant and child population, very few eldersàshort life expectancy
-On average 3.3 births per  1 death

Overpopulation problems-decreased standards of life
(Population Reference Bureau, 2010)



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                                        POPULATION PYRAMIDS

A           Population pyramids showthe distribution of various age groups in a human population. Most developing countries end up having the shape of a pyramid while more advanced countries have more balanced, or even inverted pyramid shapes. The way the population is divided up is by gender and age group, with the population ( usually in millions or thousands) being showed with a bar. The percentage of the population can also be used instead. (Wikipedia)

ANALYSIS

         Population pyramids, also called an age structure diagram, is a graphical illustration that

          India, as of now, is having a problem with over population. What the population pyramids show, is that India's population is exponentially increasing and so is the rate of increase annualy. As can be seen in the pyramids, in 2000 and 2010, the shape of the different populations makes a pyramid with children and infants making up the majority of the population, but when 2050 arrives, the population of mid-life adults around the age of 20-60 exponentially increases with the population of children staying the same relatively. This means that the fertility rate has not decreased, htere is an  increased life expectancy because of advancement, but no population loss coming with the advancement. Overall, the way India is rapidly increasing it's population, consequences will soon occur as mentioned above. India has a very evidently higher male population from 20-40 representing the need for boys as children to work on farms and do labour. The majority Indian population lives in rural areas. Also, there is a significantly higher female population than male population for ages over 60, showing the average life expectancy of women being two years more than men. (U.S Census Bureau)