Hi, does anyone know to what extent India has a population problem? what are the experts are saying? thankyou?

Question

Hi, does anyone know to what extent India has a population problem? what are the experts are saying? thankyou?

Answer 1

"India has a significant overpopulation problem. India is experiencing major problems with declining water tables due to over-extraction beyond sustainable yield. India is building desalination plants to solve this problem.  Because India has the same population density as Japan, some have claimed that India's poverty is caused by underdevelopment, not overpopulation.

However, if China and India were to consume as much resources per capita as United States together they would require two planet Earths just to sustain their two economies.

The Worldwatch Institute said the booming economies of China and India are planetary powers that are shaping the global biosphere. The State of the World 2006 report said the two countries' high economic growth hid a reality of severe pollution. The report states:

The world's ecological capacity is simply insufficient to satisfy the ambitions of China, India, Japan, Europe and the United States as well as the aspirations of the rest of the world in a sustainable way."

See:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mos...

And:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overpopulat...

Answer 2

BIG problem

Answer 3

I'm guessing to the extent that they have a population of 1.13 Billion as of 2008 and are expected to overtake China in 2030 as the most overpopulated country in the world.

India occupies only 2.4% of the world's land area, but supports over 17.5% of the world's population.

You don't see a problem there ?