overpopulation

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ population. Compare overpopulous and overpopulate.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

overpopulation (countable and uncountable, plural overpopulations)

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

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), 人口過剩, 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)

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

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