In other parts of the world, such as densely packed cities in developing worlds like India and Bangladesh and even in highly modernized city-states like Hong Kong, overpopulation is apparent. However, with global trade and food capable of being produced on one side of the world and shipped to another, the issues that Malthus warns of are not really relevant in the modern context. So long as trade barriers are not a concern, there is enough supply to meet demand -- and that is thanks mainly to technological advancements made in agriculture and farming, which allows massive quantities of food to be produced with relatively little labor.
Thus, in a global context, Malthus's warning regarding overpopulation is not correct because nearly half the world's child-bearing age women use some form of contraception, according to recent statistics -- and this has led to a decline in populations around the world. Only in cities such as Mumbai or Dhaka is overpopulation really most evident. Here, however, the issues that Malthus describes as being the underlying problem in overpopulation -- namely that there will not be…
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