World Population

   I feel that there is a current population in many countries. For example, if you go to the country of China where there is a limitation on the number of children, you will notice a) there are more males than females and b) the number of children in orphanages, mainly girls, have greatly increased. If there is a limitation on the number of children, then there will eventually be a large decrease in the population. If there are more males than females, then that means there are not enough women to marry and have a family. This hurts the population, because once  the older generation begins to die off, it becomes harder to repopulate if there is not a close ratio of males to females. On the other hand, if you look at countries with high fertility rates such as Uganda or Niger, there are about 6.65-7.52 babies born per women. These countries are those with low literacy rates as well as low economic opportunity whereas China has much higher literacy rates and better economic opportunities. I feel that the population problem can be somewhat resolved if countries with poor literacy rates have opportunities to increase the literacy rates, economic opportunities, and environment while decreasing the number of children being born to women.