Numbers Count: So Do People

There are over 4.5 billion people unevenly distributed over the world's habitable areas. The quality of their lives is to a major extent influenced by patterns of population growth and density. Some countries are already facing serious problems of over-population, manifesting themselves in the form of food shortages, inadequate housing, poor health and educational services and high unemployment rates. Others fear that patterns of modern living may lead to ecological deterioration of natural resources.

Young man of the delta region near St. Louis. Senegal's population of 5,968,000 (1982 est.) is increasing at an annual rate of 2.6%. [1984]

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