The approximate current human global population and also determine that how many people are being added to the growing population each day.
Answer to Problem 1TYC
Numbers of global population indicates that the rate at which human population is increasing, it is very concerning keeping the limited resources in mind. The pressure on nature to support this large number of population is increasing day by day. This could eventually lead to far less availability of resources and less healthy life for future generations.
Explanation of Solution
Global human population describes the total number of human living all over the world. Growing human population puts a major pressure on nature due to growing needs.
The world population is increasing day by day. Due to which the exploitation of natural resources has increased to fulfill the needs of growing human population. Many human activities cause damage to the environment like deforestation, pollution, and over consumption of resources.
The global human population was 7 billion in 2011 and it has grown to 7.6 billion by 2018 according to the United Nations.
Over 172,800 people are being added each day on this planet to the growing human population.
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