QUICK FACTS:
- overpopulation: (noun) the event when a population exceeds its ecological boundaries
- The Earth's population increases by approximately 76 million people per year.
- We are projected to hit 10 billion humans by 2050.
- Professor Stephen Hawking predicts that "we will be standing shoulder to shoulder in 2600."
- The population is growing at a 3.1% rate every year.
- Total population has doubled in the last 40 years.
- Visit www.overpopulation.org for more information.