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What is population?

It is the number of people/persons a country has or holds.

What is population growth?

It is the percentage increase in population per year.

WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF RAPID POPULATION GROWTH?

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1.More mouths to feed.

2.Low standards of living

3.Poverty

4.Sickness and spreading of disease

5.Inadequate housing

6.Unemployment

7.High birth rate

8.Child labour

9. High crime rate

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EXERCISE

1What ispopulation growth?

2 List four impacts of population growth?

ANSWERS

1.It is the percentage increase in population per year.

2.a)child labor

    b)High birth rate

    c) Unemployment

    d)Inadequate housing