Is the world becoming overpopulated?

Do yu mean in relation to land space to live in?
places like India or China are highly populated.I think Chinese people are limited ot only having 1 child per couple.
Sometimes I think places are overpopulated but then again, when I went to Spain I flew over it and saw mile after mile of unused land.

I think that you will find this interesting:

Link to population article

A very interesting point was made. As population increased exponentially, the technology of food production became more sophisticated. As long as there is enough food, the earth can support many more people.

There are pockets of intense crowding, but there is still plenty of land left on earth.

Hi.
The world is way overpopulated since the fifties.

And the worse areas are where their national sport seems to be making more babies with no means to sustain them decently.

The figure ONE MILLION is so large that eludes imagination; everyone hears that figure all the time, but very few truly comprehend its magnitude. If you kill ONE MILLION people EVERY DAY, will take 30 years to stop population growth.

Miguel

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The article that Phoenix linked was very interesting. Based upon the graph in that article, about 80% of the world's population will reside in Asia and Africa by the year 2050.

It also makes this statement about lesser developed regions.

And, as for the developed nations:


It's entirely possible that technology (like in medicine, sanitation and food production) could enable the world to sustain a population many times the size that it is currently. Then again, technology (like robotics and computers) might make it possible for a small population (4 Billion, maybe) to exist very comfortably.

In practical terms, it seems that population is largely a function of education and culture. So, we should expect growth rates to remain explosive in the undeveloped countries until conditions become more uniform with the developed regions of the world.

I think that, in time, the third-world will join the rest of the world. And, when it does, their populations will level and then decrease. The process will probably be painful and sad in human terms. It could also be catastrophic for the environment.

In the early seventies a commission was organized to determine the ideal population of the US. The commission determined the ideal population was about 200 million. By the time the reports was published the US population was 230 million.

And so it goes.

Rap

There are lots of opinions, some quite well thought out. Some aspects of quality of life, will decrease (for most people) unless we reduce the current population, even with continuing technology advances. Optimistic projections allow 60 billion humans, with only a moderate increase in the average misery index.
If modern civilization fails, world wide, half = 3 billion humans could die the first year. We have reached a population level where advanced technology is essential to prevent a wide variety of catastrophes. Neil

I believe the WHO recently released a report on the future population of the world. IIRC the population was to ballon to 8 billion and then begin to subside.

It did point out that the assumptions are based on the growth rate of developing countries to decrease as their average education, increase of women's rights, and health care increases. Population growth can be correlated to all 3 factors.

The scary thing was that at current rates the world pop. would swell to 35 billion! Which was also pointed out would not be sustainable.

Pournelle fan?

There's way too many whitetail deer in Michigan. Whack 'em and stack 'em.

This is bookmarked Chaos Manor but "and so it goes" is Vonnegut.

Rap