Excessive Population

	7th highest population world wide (2000)  142,000,000 Taxes world and local resources Water, land, fossil fuels
	3rd largest population by 2050 2.17 current growth rate Not expected to significantly decrease World carrying capacity not definite Pakistan adds to the strain

Simply put, the world can only support so many people with the resources that we have available to us. These scarce resources include fresh water, fossil fuels, and food that the earth provides. No one knows exactly what the carrying capacity of the earth is, however we do know that there is a finite number of people who can live on this planet. It is not desirable to reach this point, where our resources limit us to a point where growth is impossible. To avoid this situation we need to begin working towards lower population growth rates in every country around the world. It is especially important, though, to limit those growth rates in countries where they are highest and have the greatest potential to reach these undesirable limits.

 

This graph displays both the actual and projected growth rates for Pakistan over the next 50 years. It is easy to see that the growth rate is expected to decline, however, since the population will be nearly triple what it is now, even a small growth rate produces a large increase in population.