overpopulation

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ population. Compare overpopulous and overpopulate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌoʊvɚˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

overpopulation (countable and uncountable, plural overpopulations)

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

Related terms

• overpopulate
• overpopulated
• overpopulous

Translations

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

• Albanian: mbipopullim (sq) m
• Catalan: superpoblació f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: přelidnění n
• Danish: overbefolkning c
• Finnish: ylikansoitus (fi), liikakansoitus (fi)
• French: surpopulation (fr) f
• German: Überbevölkerung (de) f
• Hungarian: túlnépesedés (hu)
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• Japanese: 人口過剰 (じんこうかじょう, jinkō kajō)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overbefolkning m or f

  Nynorsk: overbefolkning f

• Polish: przeludnienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: superpopulação f
• Russian: перенаселе́ние (ru) n (perenaselénije), перенаселённость (ru) f (perenaseljónnostʹ)
• Spanish: superpoblación f
• Swedish: överbefolkning (sv) c
• Thai: ประชากรล้น (bprà-chaa-gɔɔn-lón)