population explosion
Rapid human increase
A population explosion is a rapid, dramatic increase in the number of people in a region or the world, typically outpacing available resources.
The term emerged in the mid-20th century when global population growth accelerated sharply: Developing nations experienced a population explosion after World War II.
It often carries undertones of alarm about sustainability.
- birth rateLive deliveries per thousand
- fertility rateAverage offspring per person
- carrying capacityPopulation an environment sustains
- resource depletionExhausting available materials gradually
- family planningControlling fertility deliberately
overpopulation · doubling · contraception · deforestation · climate change · unemployment · Malthusian · mortality rate · housing crisis · biodiversity loss · urbanization · sustainable development · age distribution · developing countries · migration · exponential growth · ticking time bomb · children
- demographybirth rate, death rate, demographics, fertility rate, mortality rate
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration
- branching processesgenerating function
- natalitybirth rate, birthrate, fertility rate, live births, natality
population explosionpopulation decline
Decreasing number of inhabitants
population collapse · population crash · depopulation · fertility decline · dying out
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