Outline how overpopulation is a major cause of poverty

Overpopulation means that in a nation there isn't enough resources to maintain the populations sustainably. Leads to a lot of other issues that further exacerbate poverty:congestion over crowdingspread of infectious diseases water and food scarcitystrain on infrastructure and public services pollution habitat loss due to intensive farming and overgrazing of land inequality of wealth

IA
Answered by Ife A. Geography tutor

2252 Views

See similar Geography GCSE tutors

Related Geography GCSE answers

All answers ▸

In which way is a supervolcano different from a volcano and what are the likely consequences of a super volcano eruption?


Describe and Explain the formation of a waterfall.


Explain plate tectonics theory


Assess the relative strengths of China and India and decided which you think will become the more dominant superpower of the 21st century (30 marks)


We're here to help

contact us iconContact ustelephone icon+44 (0) 203 773 6020
Facebook logoInstagram logoLinkedIn logo

MyTutor is part of the IXL family of brands:

© 2025 by IXL Learning