Q.Write a short note on: Population Explosion

Population explosion is a very rapid and sudden rise in population caused by a sharp fall in the death rate while the birth rate stays high. It strains food, resources, employment and development in a country like India.

Population explosion is studied under Population and Human Resources Development in the AP Intermediate 2nd-year Economics course (aligned with the NCERT/CBSE commerce curriculum).

Meaning and causes. Population explosion means an unusually fast growth of population over a short period. It happens mainly because improvements in health care, sanitation and medical facilities have reduced the death rate sharply, while the birth rate has fallen only slowly and remains high. The wide gap between a high birth rate and a low death rate produces a rapid natural increase in population.

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