Overpopulation+in+India



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Did you know that India and China are the two most populated areas in the world? China is the most overpopulated and India is second. When put together they make up one third of the Earths population. Alone India makes up sixteen percent of the worlds population. There are about 902 people per square mile in India. The estimate of the population in 2008 is 1,144,734,000.

India is so overpopulated that there are usually not enough resources to go around. Because of this 53% of the population that is under five years of age is malnourished, 37% had no access to safe water, 25% is under the poverty line and 15 million people in Bombay are homeless.



About 71% of India's population is rural and about 29% is urban. It is also slightly more than one third the size of the U.S.