There are currently 7.7 billion people on our planet.

India itself has

a population of 1.3 billion people. And the population of the world is
rising steadily year on year. This increase in the population, i.e. the
number of people inhabiting our planet is what we call population
growth. In this essay on population growth, we will see the reasons and
the effects of this phenomenon on our planet and our societies.

One important feature of population growth is that over the last century
it has shown exponential growth. When the pattern of increase is by a
fixed quantity, we call this linear growth, for example, 3, 5, 7, 9 and so
on. Exponential growth shows an increase by a fixed percentage, for
example, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 and so on. This exponential growth is the reason
our population has seen such an immense increase over the past century
and a half.
Causes of Population Growth
To fully understand the phenomenon, in this essay on population growth
we will discuss some of its causes. Understanding the reasons for such
exponential growth will help us better understand how to plan for the
future. So let us begin with one of the main causes, which is the decline
in the mortality rate.