IS THE WORLD NOW FACING THE THREAT OF OVERPOPULATION?
IS THE WORLD NOW FACING THE THREAT OF OVERPOPULATION?NO! Those who talk about overpopulation are propagating a destructive myth. It may serve the purpose of justifying abortion, sterilization, infanticide, and euthanasia; however, it is totally contrary to the facts.
Actually, the world is comparatively empty. There are 52.5 million square miles of land area in the world, not including Antarctica.
If all the people in the world were brought together into one place, they could stand, without touching anyone else, in less than 299 square miles.
The city limits of Jacksonville, Florida contain 841 square miles. Each square mile contains 27,878,400 square feet. The total number of square feet in the city is 23,445,734,400. The world population is four and a half billion people.
By allowing an average of 2.6 square feet for each person from babies to adults, every person in the world could stand shoulder to shoulder in just one-half of the city.
A further fallacy in the population explosion myth is the assumption that the greater the population, the lower the standard of living. This is not true.
Japan has a population density of 798 people per square mile, yet they have a higher per capita gross national product ($4,450) than India, which has 511 people per square mile ($140).
China has a population density of 232 persons per square mile. West Germany has 636 per square mile. The United Kingdom has 593 per square mile, and the United States has only 60 people per square mile.
(Information taken from the Institute In Basic Life Principles book on "How To Understand Humanism" page 6. To retrieve more information visit their web page!)
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