7.8 Billion..!! When Will We Stop..???

World Population Day has been observed all across the globe on 11th July. 

One Earth, Billion Lives; when will we stop? ( image credit: ibtimes.co.uk) 

संपूर्ण विश्व में बढ़ती आबादी एवं उसके परिणामस्वरूप घटते प्राकृतिक संसाधनों पर चिंतन करने के उद्देश्य से जनसँख्या दिवस का आयोजन किया जाता है . 

ताज़ा सर्वेक्षण के अनुसार ,  हमारा भारत  with 1,333,266,178 (1.33 billion) people is the second most populous country in the world, वहीं China is on the top with over 1,415,489,506 (1.41 billion) people.

इन आंकड़ों से स्पष्ट पता चलता है की विश्व की समस्त जनसँख्या का लगभग  17.85%   हिस्सा भारत में निवासरत है , which means one out of six people on this planet live in India. 2025 तक आते आते भारत जनसँख्या के मामले में चीन को पीछे छोड़ देगा 

Quick facts about Population in our Country:

More than 50% of India's current population is below the age of 25 and over 65% below the age of 35. 

About 72.2% of the population lives in some 638,000 villages and the rest 27.8% in about 5,480 towns and urban agglomerations. 


The birth rate (child births per 1,000 people per year) is 22.22 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) while death rate (deaths per 1000 individuals per year) is 6.4 deaths/1,000 population.


 Fertility rate is 2.72 children born/woman (NFHS-3, 2008) and Infant mortality rate is 30.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 estimated). 


Sex ratio is 943 females per 1000 males. 

(साभार indiaonlinepages) 

A child dies every 20 seconds because of poor sanitation. In fact, 1 in 10 people - or 663 million - don’t have access to safe drinking water around the world. 

Around 1.8 billion youngsters are entering to their reproductive years and it’s very necessary to call their attention towards the primary part of the reproductive health.  around 800 women are dying daily in the procedure of giving birth to a baby. 

The theme for World Population Day 2020 is "Safeguarding the Health and Rights of Women and Girls and focuses on improving the sexual reproductive health amid  covid pandemic.

In many societies all across the globe, teenage girls faces endless problems ranging from healthcare, poverty, illetracy, human n reproductive rights, illicit human traficcking, exploitation n early marriage, adolescent pregnancy n many more. 62 million girls are denied an education every year around the globe.  More than 700 million women in the world were married before the age of 18 . 

आज समस्त विश्व में ७.२ बिलियन से ज्यादा लोग निवास करते है. इतने लोगो का उचित भरण-पोषण एवं देखभाल के लिए तेज़ी से प्राकृतिक संसाधनों का दोहन किया जा रहा है, साथ ही इसके दुष्परिणामों में गरीबी का तेजी से बढ़ना, खाद्य पदार्थों की कमी होना, स्वछ पेय-जल की कमी होना, प्रदुषण का बढ़ता स्तर, जंगल और वन्य प्राणियों की घटती संख्या भी सम्मिलित है.

Many experts point not to overpopulation but overconsumption and inequalities in the distribution of resources as the cause of many problems in the world. In fact, the wealthiest 20% of people in the world consume 86% of its goods, with the poorest 20% consuming only 1.3%.. 

Hence, on this observence, people are encouraged to take part in the event to know about population issues like :- 

importance of family planning towards the increasing population,
gender equality,
maternal and baby health,
poverty,
human rights,
right to health,
sexuality education,
 use of contraceptives and safety measures like condoms,
reproductive health,
adolescent pregnancy,
girl child education,
child marriage,
sexually transmitted infections, etc. 

Through collective efforts, and by generating awareness in every section of communities scattered all around the globe, than only the problem of population explosion has been managed. 

( info source: un.org, huffpost) 

Dr. P Pathak

for SwavalambanRehab