WHY OVERPOPULATION IS A PROBLEM
Tracking the explosion of human population and its impacts on earth (and mankind)
2021 World Population = 7, 908, 114, 995
Human population in the world is currently expanding by
8
Population (billions)
81 million people per year
6 That's the equivalent of the population
size of Manila City every two months!
4
2
IN JUST 70 YEARS
0
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
The United Nations (UN) estimates the world population will reach 9.7 billion by 2050
Homelessness in selected
Out of 7.9
billion people in
countries of the world
125,000,000 Out of 206 million people 2018
the world in Nigeria, 108 million are
Million People
1.6 100,000,000
lack adequate 75,000,000 homeless.
housing
50,000,000
25,000,000
2018
2020
In 2020, 2018 2020 2020
0
1 in 3 people
S
A
EN
T
AN
A
did not have
YP
NE
RI
RI
M
ST
SY
GE
PI
EG
YE
KI
IP
NI
enough to eat
PA
IL
PH
The wealthiest 20% consume
of the world's resources
80%
The poorest 20% consume only 1.3%
of the world's resources
Tracking the explosion of human population and its impacts on earth (and mankind)
2021 World Population = 7, 908, 114, 995
Human population in the world is currently expanding by
8
Population (billions)
81 million people per year
6 That's the equivalent of the population
size of Manila City every two months!
4
2
IN JUST 70 YEARS
0
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
The United Nations (UN) estimates the world population will reach 9.7 billion by 2050
Homelessness in selected
Out of 7.9
billion people in
countries of the world
125,000,000 Out of 206 million people 2018
the world in Nigeria, 108 million are
Million People
1.6 100,000,000
lack adequate 75,000,000 homeless.
housing
50,000,000
25,000,000
2018
2020
In 2020, 2018 2020 2020
0
1 in 3 people
S
A
EN
T
AN
A
did not have
YP
NE
RI
RI
M
ST
SY
GE
PI
EG
YE
KI
IP
NI
enough to eat
PA
IL
PH
The wealthiest 20% consume
of the world's resources
80%
The poorest 20% consume only 1.3%
of the world's resources
