I at least never have and never will support limiting a country to how many it can have, I warn but do not support, that a day may come when whole classes of us are forbidden to have children EG Chinas now gone one child policy, however is starvation the only reason to be concerned about population growth? what if we try to level out the living conditions of all we have now? for goodness sake stop thinking we the average Joe and Jane have any say in what governments and those in power do. any population control would need to be universal and fair, fat chance of that

Eating babies??
Canem malum,

Well, if people get desperate enough it'll happen again.

http://m.harunyahya.com/tr/works/581/Communism-In-Ambush/chapter/56/The-history-of-Bolshevik-savagery

Africa is about three and a half times bigger than Australia, ten times as big as India. It has barely half the population of India. So it has plenty of room for massive population growth ?
Loudmouth,
So why do so many Africans always head for Europe & Australia ? And, many Indians are keen to come here too, why not got to Africa which has so much space ?

Yes individual, the Polynesians were great navigators.

They had sailing directions to get from most of their islands to many others. Much of these were to do with wind & swell direction encountered at various times of year. Some also included zenith stars for various islands.

There were directions to get from Easter island to Tahiti, & Hawaii when the island was first found, but have now been lost. Navigators had a very long learning, as it was all done from memory.

When Captain Cook first encountered the large double canoes they used for voyages he was amazed. Their speed & sailing ability left Endeavour for dead.

The people of Nugerria atoll used to make bride raids, [really a semi formal bride swap], on Kapingamarangi, about 400 miles distant, which people returned the raids. Post war they have lost that ability, & now depend on passing yachties to do the transfer for them. The population of many of these atolls has exploded in recent years, & now exceeds the capacity of many to support the numbers

//So why do so many Africans always head for Europe & Australia ?//

To get away from the damn missionaries?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US_K4TMqIZA

Or perhaps it's the malaria, or the high levels of corruption, or Madonna coming over and stealing their kids all the time... I mean, I can think of lots of reasons why Australia would seem preferable.

Individual,

I love those "Well, how else do you explain ..... " arguments. They usually indicate a slight lack of understanding, no offence. There are usually many other ways to explain a phenomenon, such as the political corruption in many countries and the lack of economic opportunities as a consequence, and probably many other reasons besides.

Corruption, nepotism and sheer incompetence have plagued many African countries since independence around 1960, not in all countries (Botswana and Tanzania come to mind) and to a large extent, a problem inherited from traditional society, i.e. one based on clan, family and local ethnic group. Problems afflicting all traditional and semi-traditional societies, by the way.

But inexorably, they are all in this modern world. So people try to get out of those societies - that's the easy way. How to transform those societies towards equality for all groups, opportunities for all citizens - those are the much bigger problems. We've got it sweet here in Australia, those problems are much more under control, so it's easy for us got bitch about others.

So, on the one hand, the most educated in Third World countries (is that still the term ?) migrate, seeking - like we all would - better opportunities, the less educated either put up with their lot or flee. That's 2018.

Joe