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Thread: Economic Progress - China vs India
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[quote=GUEST12294,248889]"This is because China has a declining birth rate whereas India's birth rate has remain constant at 2.8 children." - This is true. But it doesnt neccessarily mean that because china has a older population than India this is an immediate disadvantage. India will have the largest population in the world by approximately 2030 (when it overtakes China) and will continue rapidly increasing. While China will begin to feel the effect of a sub-replacement fertility rate (which it is undergoing right now) so its population will begin to decline. But by that time who knows the world situation, for all we know robots would've replaced humans as a more efficient form of labour (as seen in the automotive industry). And according to population control advocates the world is already overpopulated (the optimum figure being 4.5b people compared to todays 6b people). This means that if India's population continues to grow it will put strain on the worlds already scarce resources as evident of a current world water shortage from overextraction; which includes China and India. Taking into account also that the population density of India is similar to that of Japan right now; with more people this problem will dramatically worsen. Compared to China who has a population density similar to that of the Czech Republic and less than that of Britain (Britain is also said to be overpopulated). I think that China's population policy is a benefit to China rather than a disadvantage. In my oppinion it is better to have less and older people, and if need be the goverment can encourage people to have more children. Than having more and younger people who might lack education and the neccessities of life because the country they live in cannot provide for them; there is not many practical ways to solve this problem; and from a humane point of view it is irreversible. India already has 1.1b people and most of them are in poverty. If India can not support 1.1b people how can it support 1.6b people or more? China has acknowledge that it already can't support her population let alone future generations and India must do the same. India must (in my oppinion) bring its population under control. [/quote]
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