The presentation provides information regarding the problem of the world population growth, it compares the population of developed and underdeveloped countries and it provides recommendations and solutions.

1. Anna Osmanay & Gerasimos Kalesis
Anatolia College – The American
College of Thessaloniki

2. World Population : 7 billion
In 2050 : More necessities
o Food
o Water
o Infrastructure
o Services
o Health care
Economical
problems

4. Governments:
Introduction of policies
 Birth control
 Family planning
 Empowerment of women
Goal: Decrease - Population Growth
Increase - Economic Growth

5. Economists:
Increase rate of productivity
-- Utilization of better technology
“Economic growth combined with technological progress
could mean our energy sources are provided by renewable
energy.”

6. Population - increasing in a declining rate
Maintenance of their economic growth
--Innovative ideas
Increase of competitiveness
Support of small and medium enterprises
“In United States two thirds of the 40 million jobs created
over the last 30 years are made by such companies”

7. Population – very high rate of human population
(consist 80% of the global population)
--20% of the world's economies - Countries not developed
economically
Exception:
China -- experiencing high economic growth and a process
of reforms over the past decades.
--Has opened its market to the global economy.

8. Sustain of their economic growth
 Education of its workers
Provision of an institutional framework
 Political stability & government effectiveness
o control corruption
o quality regulations
o proper laws
o population growth
 Trade in a global scale

9. • Main Differences
Rich nations Poor nations
Population (billions) 1 2.3
GDP per capita 30,000 2,100
Human Development Index High Low
Annual population growth rate (%): 1996-2004 0.8 2.4
Annual growth rate of GDP per capita (%): 1966- 2004 2.4 1.8
Total fertility rate (TFR) 1.8 3.7
Adult literacy (%) > 95 58
(female litereacy) (%) (> 95) ( 48 )
Index of government corruption Low High
Life expectancy at birth (years) 78 58
Under 5 mortality (per 1000) 7 120
Rural population (% of total population) 10 70
Agriculture's share in GDP (%) 5 25
Source: World Bank
Table 1: Various economic and
demographic metrics for rich and poor
nations.

10.  Prevention of overexploitation of land, oceans & ground
water
 Utilization of more energy sources
 Development of sustainable cities
 Mitigate the impact of natural and man-made disasters

11. The comprehension of severity of the problem
called growth of world population is very significant
as assist in finding out new methods of sustaining
the economic growth. Everyone should understand
that population growth is a serious problem that
should be solved by the utilization of the
appropriate methods, sustaining economic growth.