The Planet Earth has in its reserves what ever it takes to feed much bigger population than it already has on it. Therefore, it is unfair to bring down population through any means.

• Do you think this argument is very well founded?
• Can the world do without population control?

It is a known fact across the world that our Planet is rich enough to feed much more population than what it has on it now. In the light of this fact, controlling population is unfair. However, we cannot do without minimizing population. That is what I feel.

In order to see whether this view holds some water, I would like to quote some statistics on population and global resources. Global demographic data show that 57% of its population is in Asian countries, and when it comes to data on resources, 60% of it is held by 28% of population spread across the Americas and Europe. If this disparity in population distribution and resource availability is taken care of, there is no need for any kind of population control. Our planet has more than enough to feed the present population and those coming generations.

Unfortunately, this disparity is going to be there till the end of time because, distribution of population cannot be made even. Coming to resources, there are huge impediments like geographical inconveniences and geopolitical implications. For example, hugely populated nations cannot mobilize part of their population to thinly populated places, and enormously rich nations cannot think of sharing resources with the poor on a regular basis. This dichotomy is what makes population control necessary, at least in thickly populated areas like Asia.

Looking at the issue objectively, it is right to say that population control is unjust. But being a rich Planet is one thing and being able to feed the whole world is something else. Obviously, poor nations need to adopt population control measures. This is for their own good.

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