Overpopulation occurs when the number of people exceeds available resources. It is caused by factors like poverty, immigration, and improved medical facilities extending lifespans. Overpopulation can create problems like scarcity of food and water, overcrowded transportation and healthcare systems. Examples given are New York City which has an extremely high cost of living, Mumbai whose public transit is overwhelmed, and Beijing which has poor living conditions due to overpopulation.

2. 1. What is Over Population?
2. Causes of Over Population
3. Is Over Population bad?
4. Examples of Over Population

3. • What do you think it means?
• In simple terms, The number of people >
number of resources
• Does that mean the world is in a state of Over
Population?

4. What do you think causes Over Population?
Poverty
• It’s the leading factor of
Over Population
• More children = more
working hands = more
income
• There is a high infant
morality rate

5. Immigration
• It’s the 2nd leading factor
of Over Population
• People immigrate to
countries with better
living conditions
• Cities can’t keep up with
growing number of
people

6. Better Medical
Facilities
• Isn’t better medical
facilities a good thing?
• In the past birth rate and
death rate usually
balanced out
• Now birth rate is
significantly higher than
death rate

7. • Do you think Over Population
is bad? And Why?
• Over Population Causes food
and water to be scarce
• Over Population causes
transportation and health care
to become crowded

8. • New York city
• Cost of living in New York City is one of
the highest to be ever recorded
• Rent is ridiculously expensive

9. • Mumbai, India
• Public transportation in Mumbai is on the
verge of collapsing
• Traffic jams are a nightmare

10. • Beijing, China
• Beijing’s living conditions are terrible
• China has limited number of children in
the past