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The first national census is conducted in the United States, recording a population of almost 4 million Americans. Today, the U.S. Census Bureau takes a population count every 10 years.
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The planet's population reaches 1 billion people.
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One big issue in the 1900’s in the U.S was overpopulation because of immigration. The government thought all these new people coming in was okay but in reality it created big issues one of them being overpopulation all our resources were being used jobs were taken over diseases were spread.
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Birth-control activist Margaret Sanger opens America's first family planning and birth control clinic in Brooklyn, New York. The clinic is soon shut down by police, but in 1921, Margaret founds the American Birth Control League to fight global population growth. The organization later becomes the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
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The International Planned Parenthood Federation is founded by family planning organizations from Great Britain, Holland, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Sweden, the U.S. and West Germany. Today, the International Planned Parenthood Federation works in over 180 countries to provide reproductive health care and rights.
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According to mec.ca in 1985 was when demands for resources first exceeded its supply.
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By 2000 the population has reached 6 billion and is estimated to reach 9 billion by 2050. The population has tripled by the 20th century.
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American population reaches 300 million. Americans only represent 5% of the world population but consume 25% of it's resources.
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The planet's population reaches 6.6 billion. For the first time in history, half of all people live in urban areas.
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President Obama meets with the president of China Xi Jinping in California to address the issue of overpopulation.
