NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF A HIGH POPULATION GROWTH RATE

Leads to unemployment and underemployment. This is due to the excess labour supply arising from the high population growth rate.

Leads to high rates of rural-urban migration and its negative effects like prostitution, high crime rates and congestion. This is due to the poor working conditions in the rural areas.
Leads to high rates of rural-urban migration and its negative effects like prostitution, high crime rates and congestion. This is due to the poor working conditions in the rural areas.
Leads to high social costs in form of pollution, accidents, congestion and sanitary problems. This is due to the increase in the large number of people in the different areas. .
Causes income inequality. This is due to the increase in poverty levels especially in rural areas.
Leads to high government expenditure on provision of social services. This b due to the increasing demand for social facilities by the dependant population.

Leads to high dependence burden. This is due to the large number of your, g people that depend on the working population.
Worsens the balance of payments problems. This is due to the high level of importation to meet the demands of the population.
Leads to quick depletion of resources due to overexploitation of the available resources to meet the rising demand of the population. It makes effective government planning for the population difficult. This is due to the high birth rates.
It increases external resource dependence. This is due to increased reliance on foreign aid, foreign manpower and foreign technology to meet the nee: of the high population increase.
Leads to limited domestic market. This is due to the high level of poverty especially in the rural areas.
It increases brain drain. This is due to the high levels of unemployment that forces highly skilled labour to look for better opportunities in other countries.
It leads to low labour productivity. This is due to increase in the number of unskilled and semi-skilled labourforce.
It over strains the available infrastructure like schools and hospitals. This because the increasing population demands for social services like education and health.

Leads to low income per capita resulting in poor standards of living.
Leads to low capital accumulation due to low savings.
Leads to low investment due to the high level of consumption that limits funds set aside for accumulating savings.
Leads to political unrest and social tension.
It may lead to inflation due to high demand for goods and services.

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