overpopulation

English

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Etymology

over + population

Noun

overpopulation (uncountable)

1. A situation which occurs when the number of occupants of an area exceeds the ability of that area to provide for those occupants.

Translations

when the number of occupants of an area exceeds the ability of that area to provide for the occupants

• Albanian: mbipopullim (sq) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人口過多 (cmn), 人口过多 (cmn) (rénkǒu guòduō), 人口過剩 (cmn), 人口过剩 (cmn) (rénkǒu guòshèng)

• Czech: přelidnění (cs) n
• Danish: overbefolkning (da) c
• Finnish: ylikansoitus (fi), liikakansoitus (fi)

• French: surpopulation (fr) f
• German: Überbevölkerung (de) f
• Hungarian: túlnépesedés (hu)
• Japanese: 人口過剰 (ja) (じんこうかじょう, jinkō kajō)
• Polish: przeludnienie (pl) n
• Russian: перенаселение (ru) (perenaselénije) n, перенаселённость (ru) (perenaseljónnostʹ) f