Rivojlangan dunyo ham juda jiddiy muammoga duch kelmoqda: Yaponiya, Rossiya, Germaniya, Shveytsariya va Sharqiy Yevropaning ko‘p qismida tug‘ilishlarning keskin kamayishi tufayli aholi soni qisqarmoqda.
The developed world also faces a very serious conundrum; Japan, Russia, Germany, Switzerland and much of Eastern Europe are experiencing population decline, due to a huge reduction in births.
Qolgan G'arb dunyosi ham immigratsiya bo'lmasa, aholi sonining kamayishiga duch kelgan bo'lar edi. G'arbda aholi soni uchinchi dunyo va musulmon davlatlariga nisbatan kamayib borar ekan, bunday davlatlar o'z sonlariga asoslanib, xalqaro institutlarda katta ovoz berilishini va xalqaro tashkilotlarda o'z vakilligini talab qilishga qonuniy haqqa ega bo'ladi. Ortiqcha aholi muammosi o'sib borayotgan aholiga ega davlatlarni qoralash, shu bilan birga G'arbning kelajakdagi ta'sirini yo'qotishdan himoyalash uchun juda qulay vosita bo'lib xizmat qiladi. Buni Turkiyaning Yevropa Ittifoqiga a'zo bo'lish masalasida aniq ko'rish mumkin: Yevropa Ittifoqiga qo'shilganda, qariyb 70 million aholiga ega Turkiya Yevropa Parlamentida Yevropa deputatlarining ikkinchi yirik soniga ega bo'lar edi. Bundan tashqari, demografik prognozlarga ko'ra, 2020-yilga borib Turkiya o'rinlar soni bo'yicha Germaniyadan o'tib ketishi mumkin. Turkiyaning a'zoligi Yevropa Ittifoqining kelajakdagi yo'nalishiga keng ko'lamli oqibatlar olib keladi, jumladan, kengayishning kelajakdagi rejalari kabi murakkab masalaga ham. Frantsiyaning Valéry Giscard d'Estaing ham aynan shu asoslar bilan Turkiyaning qabul qilinishiga qarshi chiqqan. D'Estaing Turkiya qabul qilinsa, Marokashdan ham qo'shilish talablari kelishiga ishora qilgan.
The rest of the Western world would also have declining populations were it not for immigration. As population numbers decline in the West relative to the third world and Muslim nations, such countries will have a legitimate right based upon their numbers to demand greater say in so called international institutes and representation on international bodies. The issue of overpopulation is a very useful tool to vilify nations with rising populations and at the same time protecting its potential loss of future influence. This can be seen clearly with Turkish EU accession; upon joining the EU, Turkey's almost 70 million inhabitants would bestow it the second largest number of MEP’s in the European Parliament. In addition, demographic projections indicate Turkey would surpass Germany in the number of seats by 2020. Turkey's membership would have wide ranging consequences for the future direction of the EU including the thorny issue of future enlargement plans, grounds by which Valéry Giscard d'Estaing of France has opposed Turkey's admission.5 D’Estaing has suggested that it would lead to demands for accession by Morocco.
Garchi Britaniya nima uchun dunyoda birinchi bo'lib sanoatlashgan davlat bo'lgani haqida umumiy kelishuv yo'q bo'lsa-da, uning sabablari odatda sakkizta omil bo'lishi mumkin deb qabul qilinadi, ulardan biri aholi sonining o'sishidir. 1707 yilda Shotlandiya bilan ittifoqdan keyin Britaniya aholisi 6,5 million kishi edi; bir asr o'tib u ikki barobardan ko'proq, ya'ni 16 milliondan ortiqqa yetdi. Eng muhimi, bu o'sishning ko'p qismi 1750 yildan keyin, Britaniya tarixidagi eng katta aholi portlashlaridan birida ro'y bergan. Bu o'sish muhim edi, chunki u potentsial mehnat resurslarini va tovarlar iste'molchilarini ko'paytirdi.
Although there is no consensus as to why the first nation in the world to industrialise was Britain, its causes are generally accepted as potentially eight factors, one of them being the growth in population. Following the union with Scotland in 1707, the British population stood at 6.5 million; a century later it had doubled to well over 16 million. More importantly, most of that growth had taken place after 1750 in one of the greatest population explosions in British history. This increase was critical as it increased the potential labour force and consumers of commodities.
Xitoy va Hindiston ham katta aholining foydali ekanini isbotladi. G'arb ta'siri ostida aholini kamaytirish dasturlarini joriy etgan bo'lsalar-da, Xitoy va Hindiston aholi o'sish sur'atini pasaytira olmadi, shunga qaramay ikkalasi ham dunyodagi eng tez rivojlanayotgan iqtisodiyotlar hisoblanadi. Bu esa "ko'proq aholi - ko'proq resurslarning tugashi" degan ortiqcha aholi haqidagi qarashga zid keladi.
China and India have also proven that a large population is a good thing. Despite implementing programmes of population reduction under the influence of the West, China and India have been unable to curtail the rate of population growth and yet both represent the fastest growing economies in the world, which contradicts the overpopulation view that more means more resources being depleted.
Dunyo haddan tashqari aholi bilan to'lib ketgan emas. Dunyo aholisi uchun yetarlicha oziq-ovqat va resurslar bor. Biroq, ularning asosiy qismini G'arb iste'mol qiladi.
The world is not overpopulated. There is more then enough food and resources for the people of the world. However, the lion’s share of this is consumed by the West.