The World is Overpopulated The current population is 7.2 billion and rising. Several studies have shown that the Earth’s resources will sustain a maximum.

The World is Overpopulated

The current population is 7.2 billion and rising.

Several studies have shown that the Earth’s resources will sustain a maximum of only about

2 billion people at a European standard of living.

And note: Americans use about twice the resources per person as do Europeans.

U.N. forecasts for the population of the world

U.N. data from www.Worldometers.info

Selected data from selected countriesRank Country Population Yearly %

changeFertilityRate

1 China 1,393,783,836 0.59% 1.65

2 India 1,267,401,849 1.22% 2.53

3 U.S.A. 322,583,006 0.79% 1.99

7 Nigeria 178,516,904* 2.82% 6.01*

9 Russia 142,467,651 -0.26% 1.51

10 Japan 126,999,808 -0.11% 1.40

11 Mexico 123,799,215 1.20% 2.23

2014 U.N. data from www.Worldometers.info

* In 1955 Nigeria’s population was 41,122,332; fertility 6.35