CHAPTER 2

POPULATION
GROUP 1
DE GUZMAN, GRAZEE NICOLE
EVANGELISTA, JET KOBE
MAGSINO, BRYAN
SAVARIZ, MARIA JESLYN
SERVAN, DOROTHY MARIE
Learning Objectives:

At the end of the chapter, the students must be able to:

1. Identify the pros and cons of population growth.

2. Understand how environmental situations influence the density and allocation

patterns vis-à-vis the magnitude of a population.

3. Rationalize how overpopulation puts compelling pressure on the planet's limited

resources.

4. Increase consciousness of environmental impacts brought about by rapid

population growth.

5. Distinguish and analyze various competing interests between population growth

and sustainability of resources.
Population of the Philippines (2017 and Historical)
Philippines Population Forecast
World Population (2017 and Historical)
World Population Forecast
Population Growth
An increase in the number of people that reside in a
country. state, or city.

The current population of the Philippines is 118,462,935 as of Tuesday,

February 20, 2024, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest
United Nations data.The Philippines population is equivalent to 1.46%
of the total world population.
The Philippines ranks number 13 in the list of countries (and
dependencies) by population.
The median age in the Philippines is 24.4 years.

Source: Worldometers (tute Worldometers)

More people means:
More forests removed
More resources consumed
More pollution
 Pros and Cons of Population Growth

Positive Effects

1. Defense
Large Population makes it possible to rally sufficient number of citizens to
protect the nation in times of war and any other struggles

2. Increase in Labor Market

Increasing population guarantees boost in the labor force

3. Large Market
Increase in population would necessitate more demand for goods and
services thereby requiring more supply of such commodities
Negative Effects
1. Poverty
Resources are limited and continuous increase in population would trigger
more problems with respect to scarcity.

2. Unemployment and Under Utilization of Labor

A consequence if the number of people searching for work exceeds available
resources.

3. Social Problems
Bribery, human rights violation, prostitution, and armed robbery are some
problems due to overpopulation.

4. Decrease in the Standard of Living

Demand for basic necessities and essential commodities become highly
competitive. Those who can afford are in better shape bringing a wide gap
and a fall in the standard of living for those who are deprived and
underprivileged.
5. Increase in Government Expenses
Public expenditure is spending made by the government of a country on
collective needs and wants of its people such as education, health, pension,
provision, and infrastructure to name a few.

6. Shortage of Food
Increase in population equals more mouths to feed. However, population
increases at a much rapid pace compared to food production, resulting in
shortage in the supply of food.

7. Difficulty in Educating the Children

This is especially true for poor families who have a hard time meeting both ends
meet, much more sending their children to school. Education becomes less of a
priority. Young children are exposed and forced to find work in order to have
means to buy food. The need to survive is of utmost importance.
 Strategies to Lessen Population Growth
1. Maintain human population to numbers that are sustainable.
2. Provide universal access to family planning services such as safe and
effective contraceptive options for both sexes.
3. Empowering women economically, socially, and legally in a manner that
results in both of them having an equal say in decisions with respect to
raising a family.
4. Offer age-appropriate sexuality education for all students.
5. Incorporate topics on population, environment, and development into school
programs at various stages and include information about future
implications.
6. Persuade leaders to entrust to stabilizing population growth through the
exercise of human rights and human development.
7. Reforming tax laws such as subsidies for families with less number of
children.
8. Family Planning
Population-What's the Problem?

Population-What's the Problem? The earth's populace is increasing at an

alarming scale and the challenges and difficulties to be faced are countless
and crucial
Why Now?

The problems arising from population

are not new.

Thomas Malthus (1766-1834) wrote a

famous essay in 1795 which deliberated
the struggles caused by population
growth. He argued that the number of
people always increases faster than the
food supplies and that eventually the
world would be unable to feed its
people. When that point is reached,
nature would impose her own checks on
further growth in the form of diseases,
famines and wars.
"Too many people mean too much consumption, depletion and/or
pollution and this threatens the carrying capacity of a naturally
resource-limited collection of global ecologies."

The growing human population puts pressure on Earth's natural

resources.

A nation's capacity to nourish itself very much depends on three

factors:

1. Availability of arable land

2. Accessible water
3. Population pressures
Overpopulation
The populace of the earth is arriving at undeniably uncontrollable levels as
it confronts shortage of resources such as food, clean air and water.
Population upsurge in less developed and developing countries is hurting
the existing meager resources Exhaustive and rigorous agriculture
performed to generate food impairs and destructs the environment due to
application of harsh chemical fertilizer, pesticides and insecticides.

Overpopulation occurs when there are more people living in an area than
there are resources to support them.

Overpopulation is a label that refers to a situation in which the bulk expands

to a boundary that aggravates the environmental corrosion coupled with a
plunge in the quality of life.
Cycle of Overpopulation

More people = More resource consumed

What is the crucial dilemma confronting civilization?
Perhaps: Not energy
Not the economy
Not food supply
Not environment
Not global climate change

Entirely all of the above mentioned would likely be alleviated

if we may perhaps manage HUMAN POPULATION.
We could regulate and control our own population by
CHOICE

But the questions are:

1. Will we do it?
2. What practices are acceptable especially in relation to our faith as
Catholics?
3. How safe is it?
4. Is it really more of an advantage or a disadvantage?
5. Will it really solve all the other problems associated with
overpopulation?
The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of
2012 (Republic Act No. 10354), informally known as the
Reproductive Health Law or RH Law, is a law in the Philippines
which guarantees universal access to methods of contraception
fertility control, sexual education, and maternal care.

The passing of this legislation was marred by controversies among

experts, academicians, religious organizations, and major political
figures publicly proclaiming their endorsement or resistance while
it was pending in the legislature. Intense rallies equally embracing
and contradicting the RH Bill took place nationwide.
 The Birth Control Policy in the Philippines in the Midst of the
Conservative Churches: Challenges to Future Generations

Responsible Parenthood

Parents must endeavor to produce only those offspring whom

they can nurture in a truly human and Christian way.
Parents who prepare their respective families according to the
ethical and moral standards taught by the Church
 Church os. State-Competing Stands on Population in the
Philippines

The Philippines, being a Catholic country, the Church obviously

will not support any program of the government that relates to
the issue of birth control. For them, any form of artificial birth
control is anti-life.

While it is undeniably true those babies are a gift from God and
that they bring joy to the family, we also have to consider their
future.
As parents, here are the following checklists to ponder.
1. Are we capable of giving them a good life?
2. Can we feed them at least three times a day?
3. Can we send them to school?
4. Can we provide them the essentials of good living?
5. Do we have the time to take good care of them?

If all or most of the answers to the above checklist are in the negative, then
we are definitely not ready to raise a child. Getting married and having
children are two different things. It would be a terrible mistake to bring
children into this world and have them experience poverty and hard work at
an early age. It is a pity to see the young children sleep on the streets,
begging for food, and doing inappropriate deeds all because their parents are
neglecting them. Imagine yourself in that situation. Would you be happy to
experience such misfortune?

The issue on birth control is very broad. It does not answer only the issue on
overpopulation. Another aspect to be considered is the health of the mother.
 CBCP STAND
We are pro-life. We must defend human life from the moment of
conception or fertilization up to its natural end.
We believe in the responsible and natural regulation of births through
Natural Family Planning for which character building is necessary which
involves sacrifice, discipline and respect for the dignity of the spouse.
We believe that we are only stewards of our own bodies. Responsibility
over our own bodies must follow the will of God who speaks to us
through conscience.
We hold that on the choices related to the RH bill, conscience must not
only be informed but most of all rightly guided through the teachings of
one's faith.
We believe in the freedom of religion and the right of conscientious
objection matters that are contrary to one's faith. The sanctions and
penalties embodied in the proposed RH bill are one more reason for us
to denounce it.
 CBCP OBJECTION

We object to the non-consideration of moral principles, the bedrock of

law, in legislative discussions of bills that are intended for the good of
individuals and for the common good.
We are against the anti-life. anti-natal and contraceptive mentality that
is reflected in media and in some proposed legislative bills.
We object strongly to efforts at railroading the passage of the RH bill.
We denounce the over-all trajectory of the RH bill towards population
control.
We denounce the use of public funds for contraceptives and
sterilization.
We condemn compulsory sex education that would effectively let
parents abdicate their primary role of educating their own children,
especially in an area of life - sexuality - which is a sacred gift of God.
 GOVERMENT STAND

freedom of choice with no bias for either modern or natural method of

family planning.
it is about health and rights, not demographics.
individuals are provided free, full access to relevant, adequate and
correct information on reproductive health and human sexuality by the
State and professional private practitioners.
gender equality and women empowerment and their protection,
promotion and guarantee elements. are central
aims to ensure birth and care » of healthy children.
promotes responsible parenting.
promotes breast feeding through joint effort between local government
and national government.
 GOVERMENT STAND

abortion remains a crime and is punishable by law but post abortion

complications shall be treated, counselled in a humane, non-
judgemental and compassionate manner.
respect for, protection and fulfilment of reproductive health rights of
children to adults are guaranteed.
aims to uplift the quality of life of people, especially the poor, the needy
and marginalized.
aims to seek active participation of government and non government
organization.
the RH Bill does not legalize abortion.
aims active participation between government, non govemment and
people's organizations and communities.