Section: Human Geography

25) Geographers define overpopulation as:

1. too many people compared to resources
2. too many people in a region
3. too many people in the world
4. all of the above

Overpopulation is a function of the number of individuals compared to the relevant resources, such as the water and essential nutrients they need to survive. It can result from an increase in births, a decline in mortality rates, an increase in immigration, or an unsustainable biome and depletion of resources.