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Overpopulation News

UK could become Europe's most populated country by 2100

UK could become Europe's most populated country by 2100

Business Standard - 16-Jul-2025

Experts want a new office to track and plan for future population changes

World's population is expected to peak at 10.3 billion in the mid-2080s

World's population is expected to peak at 10.3 billion in the mid-2080s

United Nations - 11-Jul-2024

Some countries have already reached their peak population & others continue to grow

The Simon Abundance Index 2024: more people, more resources

The Simon Abundance Index 2024: more people, more resources

Human Progress - 22-Apr-2024

New data shows resource abundance rising faster than population growth

Overpopulation Resources

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Blue Mars

Amazon

Science fiction novel from the Mars trilogy, written by Kim Stanley Robinson

The Population Bomb

Amazon

Book that warned of the perils of overpopulation: mass starvation, societal upheaval, environmental deterioration, written by Paul Ehrlich

Superabundance

Amazon

The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet written by Marian Tupy

The Children of Men

Amazon

A modern science fiction classic written by P. D. James

Irreplaceable: Adapting to lower birth rates and longer lives

29-Apr-2025

Lunchtime webinar organised by International Longevity Centre UK and supported by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

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Overpopulation Blog Posts

Longevity and coping with an ever increasing population
07-Jul-2015

Longevity and coping with an ever increasing population

Replace the defence budget with a space colonisation budget and everyone board can be shipped off planet

Overpopulation