Population Explosion

What is Population Explosion?

A rapid increase in the population is known as a population explosion.

The two causes of population explosion are:

• Increase in the birth rate.
• Decrease in the death rate.

An increase in population is directly related to the birth rate. The population in India is rising at a considerable speed, which results in various problems, including social, economic and environmental.

Effects of Increasing Population

Increasing population has many adverse effects on our environment.

Listed below are the significant effects of increasing population:

• Increase in slum areas.
• Rise in unemployment and underemployment.
• Eradicating poverty and hunger becomes more difficult.
• Providing better health and education facilities becomes more difficult.
• This can lead to less availability of land, water, food and other necessary resources.
• An increase in population may lead to the unavailability of food grains due to the excessive demands of people.
• Overexploitation of water and other natural resources results in no scope of replenishment, which is a recipe for a natural disaster.
• Increasing population increases air and water pollution, leading to an increase in diseases, which ultimately leads to a rise in expenditure on healthcare.