How does the population increase due to illiteracy?

In countries with low literacy rates, women are on average even lower due to cultural preference towards an educated male. ... In today economy, illiteracy is a barrier to increasing income. ... In essence, illiteracy contributes indirectly to population growth through the poverty and uncertainty it creates. read more

In essence, illiteracy contributes indirectly to population growth through the poverty and uncertainty it creates. In many cases, simply improving the health care system, guaranteeing free education or providing free food to children from poor families or a combination of these would reduce the uncertainty enough that family size would begin to shrink. read more

Changes in population relates to births larger than deaths or deaths larger than births. Both births and deaths are influenced (to some degree) by knowledge. Knowledge is both that which can be transmitted by language and that which can be constructed. read more

They don’t believe that further population growth should be a cause of concern. By year 2025, we should be reaching a population between 8 to 10 billion. By year 2100, we will need 3 Earths to continue living the way we do. read more