Population Control: EMERGING TRENDS, PREVALENT METHODS AND SUGGESTIVE MEASURES TO HAVE PLANNED POPULATION GROWTH

2. Topics
•Definition of population control
•Need of population control
•Emerging trends of population control
•Prevalent methods of population control
•Birth control methods in India
•Suggestive measures for planned
population growth
•Advantages of population control

3. Definition of population control
• Population control refers to the practice of
artificially altering the rate of growth of a
human population. Historically, this has
been made possible by limiting the birth
rate.
• Population control can be any mythology
that is used to control the type, location,
and a number of people inhabit the earth.

4. Need of population control
• According to the United Nation’s
World population prospects report,
the world population is currently
growing by approximately 74 million
people per year. By 2050,Africa will
have 1.9 billion people, Asia 5.2
billion, Europe 664 million and North
America 448 million.

5. Need of population control cont….
• India is a Country of vast Population, If
we see the trends of Population growth by
decades then the population of India is
increasing rapidly. Some Demographer
projects that if the population of India is
not control, then it would become the first
country with large population after China
by 2050. So, in India there is great need to
curb the population.

6. Emerging trends of population control
• The following chart shows the trends of population control
from 1901-2001. Besides some controlling measures, the
Population in India is still increasing

7. Prevalent methods of population
control
• CONDOM
• FEMALE CONDOM
• PILLS
• HORMONAL RING
• UID
• INJECTION

8. Prevalent methods of population control
• SURGICAL STERILIZATION
• IMPLANT
• COITUS INTERRUPTUS
• CALENDER RHYTHM METHOD
• PATCH
• DIAPHRAGM

9. Birth control methods

10. Birth control methods (In India)

11. Suggestive measures for
planned population growth
• Delayed marriages
• Medical facilities
• Legislative actions
• Providing incentive
• Women empowerment
• Eradicates poverty
• Spread Awareness

12. Suggestive measures for
planned population growth
• Easy and cheap availability of
contraceptives
• Development
• Education
• To aware how to adopt the controlling
measures, specially people of rural areas.

13. Advantages of population
control
• Better employment opportunities
• Bigger green spaces
• Higher GDP per capita
• Better performance in education
• Improved quality of life
• Security in the society
• Security of food