World faces overpopulation 'disaster' as number of people is set to rise

[sianrose]

World faces overpopulation 'disaster' as number of people is set to rise by 75 million EACH YEAR...

Global population is expected to peak at 9.5bn in 2075

Annual rise is the equivalent of entire UK population

The world is edging closer to overpopulation Armageddon as swelling cities drain the planet of its vital resources, a report warns today.

Population growth, especially in newly developing countries, is the 'defining challenge of the 21st century'.

It represents a greater potential threat than climate change, according to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Over the next six decades the world's population is expected to explode, soaring from 6.9billion to peak at 9.5billion in 2075, the report says.

Each year the number of people in the world is due to rise by 75million - equivalent to the entire population of the UK.

Most of the growth will be in the African continent, which is following in the industrial footsteps of Asia, and in cities.

The world's urban population is likely to increase from a 2007 figure of 3.3billion to 6.4billion in 2050.

But without drastic changes there will not be sufficient resources to provide people with basic human needs such as water, food, energy and shelter, says the report, entitled Population: One Planet, Too Many People?

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[Simon17]

"Over the next six decades the world's population is expected to explode, soaring from 6.9billion to peak at 9.5billion in 2075, the report says."

While that is bad, the real "explosion" has already happened. Look at world population and you'll see it had an insane doubling time of about 15 years for a while there. If we had kept up that growth you'd have a population of 56 Billion. This is a pretty major issue but at least the tide has started to turn if you look at growth rates falling.