GEO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Microbiological Culture, Bride Burning
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In japan 1/3 of the population will die soon. In europe in the next 20 years there will be approximately 63 million die. Nations are either very young or very old. India has a state that is 177 million in population in an area the size of colorado (10 million more people every 5 years) uda pradesh. South india is very educated, but the north is not- the north is where the population grows so much. If family planning is not put under control, the population of india will never stop growing and will double by 2050- which is unsustainable. Women are taken out of the decision making process to be sterilized and it is hard for women to get the means to prevent pregnancy. All major health decisions are made by men essentially for the women. Half the country of india is under 25- if couples only have 2 children, population growth will halt.