How does poverty affect overpopulation?

Find out how poverty and overpopulation are linked and learn why decreasing poverty will lower birth rates in developing countries. read more

Addressing global poverty and keeping children alive is crucial for reducing overpopulation. The UN projects the population of the 48 poorest countries in the world will double from 850 million in 2010 to 1.7 billion in 2050. read more

Barry Commoner wrote a piece called How Poverty Breeds Overpopulation (and not the other way around) in 1975, and here are some of his arguments. The main problem is that the world population is getting larger, and that can’t go on indefinitely due to the limits of resources (food) needed to sustain human life. read more

Issues Intertwined: Poverty and Overpopulation There are several reasons that poverty impacts overpopulation in the catalyzing manner that it does. First of all, in countries that are so poor they can barely afford basic necessities, women rarely have access to any type of contraceptive. read more

When u use the word "overpopulation," there's already an assumption that the environment can't sustain the existing population. When that's the case, you create migration, poverty, starvation, premature death, pestilence, and violence. read more