The worlds population will hit 7 billion in the next few days - up from 6 billion just 12 years ago. We'll hit 8 billion people by 2025, if not much sooner.
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Looking at the Mails graphics, there could well be an interesting point here.
2011, worlds most populous countries = China, India, USA, Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria.
All bar the USA are current recipients of Foreign Aid in one form or another (China's bilateral aid program from the DFID closed in 2011, but it is likely aid in one shape or another continues).
For 2025, most populous nations are predicted to be - India, China, Nigeria, USA, Indonesia, Bangladesh.
All again, barring USA (and China if we do not continue aid in one form or another) are major recipients of UK foreign aid.
Nigeria, despite our declining fortunes at home, we've earmarked £215million per year until 2015. The same figure is true for Bangladesh.
India will be getting £280million a year until 2015.
China is, without doubt, doing better than us in the economy stakes, India with its own space program appears to be doing far better also - it's not our fault if their governments fail to pass those benefits on to their people.
Interestingly for Indonesia, we're told that "Indonesia has made bold commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emission by 41% by 2020, is highly vulnerable to climate change impact and is a key player on international climate change negotiations".
Good luck with that in the light of an ever increasing population.
The United Nations report into increasing world populations state that "Another two billion people may be added to the world population by mid-century, many of them in places where hunger, poverty, and environmental degradation are already taking a high toll".
You can read into that the fact that we will be paying to support this huge population increase.
Improve health, lavish fortunes on foreign countries who cannot sustain their existing populations, and you create a recipe for unsustainable population growth and an ever increasing dependence on foreign aid.
Something has to give somewhere along the line, and the disaster when it does come will be truly catastrophic.
We do many nations, and the world as a whole, no favours by fuelling their increasing populations.
