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Future Populations
through the roof because fossil fuels have become harder to obtain. In the world today, more than 386 million people face scarcity of water. In the future, the population growth on earth would lower the amount of safe drinking water.

Future Populations

The earth’ s population in the future will be welcoming another billion or more. We right now have at least 7 billion human beings roaming the earth.
The current population
This number will be added 2 billion by the next turn of the century. Others predict the population is expected to rise to at least 10 billion by 2100. Either it will be 9 billion or 10 billion, we just need to understand it will be a mark, a mark where the human race will definitely struggle for the lack of necessities on earth. Countries would possibly go through wars over food and fresh water; the earth would be too over crowded. Also in the next hundred years, Africa’ s population will multiply by 4. Africa contains nations with the highest birthrates on earth, making Africa’ s populations grow faster than any other continent on earth. The future without any action towards Global Population Growth doesn’ t seem great for earth.
The streets getting more crowded day by day
China is a country with unbelievable numbers; the most populated nation on earth has a staggering
1.2 billion people, a sixth of all of earth’ s population. Its density of 330 people per square mile is almost five times that of the U. S. The numbers of people are out of control, and they need a solution. China instituted a policy of limiting the number of children couples