125M PH In the year 1900 Belgium and the

100M Philippines had more or less the

same population around 7million
75M people. However, the Philippines
50M currently outnumber Belgium by 97
million people. The Philippines'
25M BELGIUM
demographic growth rate around
BELGIUM PH

0M
1900 2023 POPULATION BY GENDER

the turn of the century (2% per year) has already

created enormous challenges and is clearly 49.5%
unsustainable in the long term: such growth 50.5%
implies a doubling of the population every 35
years, resulting in 152 million people by 2035,
304 million by 2070, and so on.

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54.0%
Alex Bezrow Overpopulation is a
of the Philippine population lives problem mostly faced by Asian
in urban barangays. countries rather than Western
nations. Countries like China or India, that has
an enormous population, will not be greatly
affected due to the economic growth of the
country."

David R. Brower Overpopulation is

perhaps the biggest problem facing
URBAN RURAL us, and immigration is part of that
problem. It has to be addressed.”

Immigration Narendra Modi We need to give

If the number of people who are leaving the country is importance to skill development
because this way we can end
less than the number of people who enter, it usually unemployment.
leads to more demand for food, clothes, energy, and
homes.

Unemployment Good Governance

When a country becomes overpopulated, it gives rise to Sex Education
unemployment as there are fewer jobs to support many Employment
people. The rise in unemployment gives rise to crime, Family Planning
such as theft, as people want to feed their families and
provide them basic amenities of life.

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