Overpopulation as the most important problem of the modern world

Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Sociology - Individual, Groups, Society, grade: 1,0, Cologne University of Applied Sciences (Institur für Translation und Mehrsprachige Kommunikation), language: English, abstract: According to the UN, the world population is expected to increase to almost 10 billion by the year 2050. Especially in the poorest countries of the world the population keeps growing rapidly. It might not be clear for everyone that overpopulation is the most important problem facing the world today, because there are many other important issues the world has to cope with. The reason why overpopulation is the most important one is that it is the cause of many other problems such as intensive livestock farming, climate change and habitat loss.