"A World of 8 Billion: On World Population Day"

On July 11, 1987, when there were just 5 billion people on the earth, the United Nations marked "Five Billion Day," spurred on by the celebration as World Population Day. Since then, World Population Day is observed annually on July 11 to raise awareness of the detrimental impacts of population expansion. The day's goal is to increase public awareness of the necessity for population control and women's vulnerability in light of their reproductive needs .It challenges individuals to think of the right answer to the issue of the rising population.

The United Nations observes the day each year with a specific topic. As the number has now surpassed 8 billion, this year's World Population Day theme suggests "A world of 8 billion: Towards a resilient future for all - Harnessing opportunities and ensuring rights and choices for all." This World Population Day serves as a reminder that if we utilize the potential of every individual on the earth, we can attain the prosperous, peaceful, and sustainable future envisioned by the ICPD and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Since this scenario threatens both humanity and our mother nature, we must cooperate to address it and raise global living standards.

To highlight the need for awareness , Here are a few clever, engaging quotes for World Population Day that you can use to ensure that people grasp the main point of the campaign and which you may find useful as a mark for this day:

"Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for good or ill." Stephen Hawking
Our ability to employ technology to influence the environment for good or ill, coupled with our population and consumption of the planet's limited resources, are both increasing exponentially. A better and healthy future can only be ensured when the massive explosion of population is brought under control. To enjoy in the time to come with the available resources, we must understand the need to curb the rapid increase in population.

2. “Celebrate World Population Day by working hard to create enough space to live on the planet.”- Anonymous

The above quote gives a call from the planet earth to save it as the landmass is limited and the excessive growth in population poses a challenge for all who are living on it. Working hard denotes that each individual.

"Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist." Kenneth E. Boulding

Anyone who thinks that rapid expansion can continue indefinitely in a limited world is probably insane or an economist. it is so because nature imposes its own positive checks to curb this exponential growth of human increase. Economists have the tendency to assume so they can do so but the reality cannot be ignored. Humanity is in jeopardy from having too many people. By acting to reduce population today, we can safeguard mankind and save the earth.

"Our human population continues to expand at such a scary rate it’s unbelievable." - Bindi Irwin

Our global population is growing at an unimaginably alarming rate. it is hard to believe that inspite of awareness campaigns and people becoming more literate, the alarming rate of population increase has not slowed down.

By improving health, empowering women, population growth comes down- Bill gates ..

Women's empowerment through education and family planning can have immense positive effects on human capital and inclusive economic growth in nations that are experiencing high population increase.

6. "The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man" :Thomas Malthus..

Malthus has explained that earth has the power to nurture its people but while the produce increase at an arithmetic ratio, the population has the power to increase at a geometric ratio.

"The world is not a gift from our ancestors but a loan from our children. Save it and don’t overpopulate." - Anonymous

Our ancestors have not gifted this beautiful world to us to exploit it in a way that our future generation are not left with any resource. The onus to protect it and pass it on to the coming generations lies on our shoulders.

"Overconsumption and over population underlie every environmental Problem we face today" : Jacques Yves Cousteau

Overconsumption happens when the number of people being fed exceed the available resources. Overpopulation is a condition that is undesirable when the number of people on Earth exceeds their real carrying capacity. both these are interconnected and ultimately results in giving rise to excessive environmental issues.

"If we don’t halt population growth with justice and compassion, it will be done for us by nature, brutally and without pity- and will leave a ravaged world."- Nobel Laureate Henry W. Kendall

The above quote is a serious call to all when it marks that If we don't stop population increase in a just and compassionate way, nature will do it for us in a cruel and heartless way, leaving behind a world in ruins. and nature does this in the form of positive checks like famine, flood, pandemic, epidemic etc.

"The key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life — for 8 billion or more people — without wrecking the environment entirely in the attempt."- Edward O. Wilson, scientist, Pulitzer prize-winning author and father of biodiversity

The above line explains that the main challenge that humanity will face in the twenty-first century is how to improve living conditions for 8 billion or more people without completely destroying the environment in the process. the tragedy is that environmental degradation is taking place and a major cause of it is overpopulation.

The hungry world cannot be fed until and unless the growth of its resources and the growth of its population come into balance. Each man and woman and each nation must make decisions of conscience and policy in the face of this great problem."- Lyndon B. Johnson, former US President (1908-1973)

Until and unless the expansion of its resources and the growth of its population are balanced, the starving world cannot be fed. Faced with such a serious issue, every man, woman, and nation must make moral and political choices. it is the responsibility of each and every individual to become conscious and raise their conscience towards creating a balance between the growing resources and the increasing population.

"Once it was necessary that the people should multiply and be fruitful if the race was to survive. But now to preserve the race it is necessary that people hold back the power of propagation."- Helen Keller, world-renowned deaf and blind author and lecturer

This beautiful expression given by Helen Keller expresses that once upon a time, when the human species was to survive, it was imperative that the population grow and bear fruit. However, in order to protect the race today, humans must restrain the power of procreation. it is just because the increase in population did not match with the growing resources. it exceeded its limit and which is now an alarm to control it.

These famous quotes on this world population day once again is a reminder to look into these issues and save our earth, our environment by controlling this unbeatable increase in population.