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Overpopulated countries are not necessarily those with the highest population.

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Overpopulated countries are not necessarily those with the highest population.This is an area that has too many people and not enough resources to maintain a reasonable standard of living in that area. Resources may include food, jobs, technology, services, energy. Overpopulated areas often on verge of famine and have high emigration. Examples of overpopulation are in Bangladesh where pop. Density was 282 per km2 in 1850 but rose to 1127 per km2 by 2010. It has a population of approx 162 million.


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