Vox Populi with Nataliya Solovonyuk: On Oct. 31, the world’s population is expected to reach 7 billion people. Are there too many people on the planet?

Yarosh Zorina,
entrepreneur

“I don’t think it’s bad to have more people. We just need to pay more attention to nature, the planet’s resources, environmental issues, our health. It is necessary also to think about economic development and all will be ok.”

Lubov Vorona,
a housewife

“I think this this is a real threat to our planet – bad environment, unstable economies. The more people on earth, the more problems we create to ourselves. I think it’s too late to do something about it.”

Viktor Taran,
nongovernmental organization director

“This is bad, of course. The earth cannot withstand so many people. Moreover, if we take into account the way we live, we consume everything. We should think about what we are going to leave our grandchildren.”

Oleksandr Maka­renko,
retired

“I think it’s great to have more people. We just need to properly learn how to use resources. We can overcome poverty by helping poor people. Progress in the future will help us solve problems.”

Nikita Nur,
lawyer

“The population is growing and there’s no chance to get away from it. I also think it’s not a good idea to limit the birth rate. The world’s resources will sooner or later run out anyway, so let it go its course.”