History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c96.s2.66
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c96.s2.66
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According to U. N. Demographic Year book (August 1960) there are about 2900 million people in the world. More than half of the world's inhabitants live in four countries viz. China (669 millions), India (438 millions), Soviet Union (209 millions), U. S. A (178 millions). Population growth depends upon the birth rate and the death rate. Owing to scientific discoveries, epidemics or such diseases as malaria, typhoid, cholera, influenza are either eliminated or brought under control and therefore the death rate tends to be lower and lower. It is the birth rate that has to be controlled. The following table ²⁶⁵ for comparative birth rate and death rate in 1957 for eight countries is interesting: