Overpopulation: unending growth on our finite planet is impossible.

Advocating for murder, eugenics, or culling people does not help make recognition of overpopulation more mainstream.

2021-08-12T00:28:58+00:00

I don't know how often I have to repeat this, but I'll say it again. If you think the way to solve overpopulation is to murder people en masse, advocate for any sort of forced program a la eugenics or forced sterilisation, then you're not helping.

Instead, you're actively harming the goal of making recognition of overpopulation mainstream. No one is ever going to agree with the terms or viewpoints you've laid out. The only way to get people to identify overpopulation as a genuine problem is to push solutions that a broad base of people can agree with.

Posted because there's been an uptick in comments espousing these views recently. If you want an instant, permanent ban from this subreddit, this is a great way to get one.

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r/overpopulation open discussion thread

2026-05-01T16:01:23+00:00

What's on your mind? You can chat here if you don't want to make a new post. Or drop in and see what others are talking about.

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A 22-year-old woman with five children is reportedly pregnant again because the family still wants another boy. The case has gone viral and sparked debate about son preference, women’s health, family planning, and population growth.

2026-05-24T12:17:26+00:00

A viral video from a medical clinic has triggered massive discussion online after reports revealed that a 22-year-old woman, already a mother of five children — four daughters and one son — is now pregnant with her sixth child. According to the discussion surrounding the clip, the couple is reportedly continuing to try for another boy, highlighting the deep-rooted issue of son preference in society despite the serious health risks involved.

At such a young age, repeated pregnancies in a short span can lead to severe health complications, including anemia, malnutrition, physical weakness, and risks for both the mother and unborn child. The incident has once again brought attention to major social concerns such as lack of family planning awareness, pressure for male children, and the long-term impact of early and frequent pregnancies on women’s health.

The video has now sparked widespread debate on population growth, gender bias, maternal healthcare, women’s rights, and the urgent need for better education around contraception and reproductive health.

ViralVideo #WomenHealth #MaternalHealth #FamilyPlanning #GenderBias PopulationGrowth SocialIssues WomenRights HealthAwareness Pregnancy IndiaNews TrendingNow SonPreference PublicReaction Awareness Healthcare SocialDebate

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White countries are almost as densely populated as Asian countries.

2026-05-24T17:23:28+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density

Netherland is as dense as South Korea. This mean white people like to reproduce too, but they are constrained by habitable land and arable land. Most European countries are small when compared to African and Asian countries. Europe also has fewer arable lands than Asia. This is the reason that white people is "Earth's minority."

Another factor is western policies made by their politicians.

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A snapshot of the overpopulation experiment

2026-05-22T20:34:40+00:00

Source: Sustainability Models: From the Past to the Future

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How do you feel... Let's talk about REALITY.

2026-05-21T15:01:08+00:00

How do you feel about the fact that on our current trajectory, even with reducing human birth rates, everyone alive now (and for the next 350+ years) will only ever live in a world with more than 8.28 billion people in it?

At the rate we are on, even with declining human birth rates, we wouldn't get back down to ~8.28 billion until the year 2500.

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The clame that all subsidies should be concentrated on the newborn family

2026-05-19T06:24:49+00:00

When translated it, it argues that all support for people who do not have children should be abolished and all support should be concentrated on those who do have children.

The reason they are making such claims is simply because "there is a shortage of population."

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A train from Bangladesh

2026-05-17T20:13:19+00:00

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Most (all?) Als right now (2026) are being programmed by pr0-natalists

2026-05-17T21:08:45+00:00

Why do I say this? I have asked several Als now about human overpopulation, and all of them deny it or otherwise give mealy mouthed dishonest answers about it.

Gr0k is the WORST offender by FAR, completely unsurprisingly. Its owner is El0n Mu$k, worst pr0-natalist on the planet right now. Gr0k's answer to any question about human overpopulation is to push pr0-natalist propaganda immediately and relentlessly.

This is extremely dangerous to the future health of this planet. If all the Als are programmed to deny human overpopulation is a problem, and we continue in this vein, people will be lied to about what's causing our worst problems until the point where it will become undeniable, and it won't be solvable without violence or total authoritarian, external control of the masses (I suspect the latter is what those who are already in control are trying to accomplish, so it's all by design, unfortunately).

This is my fear for the future, and it's a real reality that could (IS BEING) easily be created if we don't do everything we can to push back against it. I don't fear it for my own sake, since I won't be around to live through it... but future generations of humans will, and I would like to prevent this for them.

How many of you have asked Al about human overpopulation? Go ahead, do it. Talk to any Al of your choice to see what they have to say about it. Their answers will horrify you. Especially Gr0k's.

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South Korea's life expectancy is growing rapidly and will mitigate the low birth rates

2026-05-17T02:10:55+00:00

Imagine we get people to live to 150 or even more than that... wouldn't lower birth rates be not only preferable but NEEDED.

Some say the first human to live to 200+ was already born. CRISPR and genetics will probably cure aging as any other disease soon.

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Pakistan proposes linking provincial funding to population control amid 390 million projection by 2050

2026-05-13T08:06:29+00:00

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The image of South Korea as a symbol of ultra-low birth rates must now disappear.

2026-05-11T07:30:46+00:00

Many countries in East Asia have already begun to see birth rates fall below those of South Korea.

Furthermore, South Korea is still seeing a steadily increasing growth rate in the number of births.

https://www.reddit.com/r/overpopulation/comments/1ru08w3/south\_koreas\_recent\_rebound\_in\_birth\_rates\_the/

And the reason lies here. 'obtaining a huge amount of money'

The conviction not to have children is easily broken by the temptation of money.

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Africa, Arab countries, and the "Stan" countries continue to have high fertility rates, which will fuel population growth of the future

2026-05-10T18:45:37+00:00

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Isaac Asimov articulated the problem with overpopulation the best in 1988

2026-05-08T21:09:23+00:00

Quote: "Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people into the world, the value of life not only declines, it disappears."

Seeing how people are treated today, his statement has been vindicated more than ever.

The loss of dignity sums it up the most imo, there is simply no dignity anymore, it feels like if the value of human life was a stock, then it would be at the lowest level today seeing how everyone is treated.

The entropy is getting so bad I know wealthy people who are starting to struggle, it seems like no is isolated anymore but a very small % of the population.

Everyone is eating, drinking, watching and living in garbage.

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Iraq faces demographic challenge: Population estimated to reach 73M by 2050

2026-05-07T04:27:57+00:00

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[South Korea] April birth registrations surge +17%

2026-05-01T10:35:37+00:00

South Korea is currently the only country in the world where the birth rate has increased for three consecutive years, and even looking at this year alone, the growth rate of the number of births is the highest in the world.

However, I knew this would happen. It is because such a fanatical policy was implemented.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/1k1ruuz/will\_south\_koreas\_comprehensive\_natalism\_policy/

https://www.reddit.com/r/overpopulation/comments/1ru08w3/south\_koreas\_recent\_rebound\_in\_birth\_rates\_the/

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One of the most common fears of children in 1966: overpopulation

2026-04-30T16:34:15+00:00

https://youtu.be/xS8xX3usi4c

Interesting how awareness about overpopulation got less and less common as time went on, today it's barely a subject, I mean the size of this subreddit is super small too...

Back then even children knew that housing will become unaffordable in the 2000s.

Ironic how we are less aware of overpopulation in today's society despite feeling its side effects the most compared to the 60s, well I guess scapegoating Blackrock for owning all the homes is a more romantic story to tell yourself compared overpopulation, even though institutional investors own a very very small % of real estate inventory.

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China recorded 7.92 million births in 2025 — fewer than in 1939 during wartime, with a current population more than double that era

2026-04-30T03:00:24+00:00

Been researching China's demographic data for a documentary and the numbers are striking.

2025 figures from China's National Bureau of Statistics:

• 7.92 million births — lowest since the founding of the PRC in 1949

• 11.3 million deaths

• Net population loss: 3.4 million — fourth consecutive year of decline

• Marriages in 2024: lowest level since 1980

• Rhodium Group projects ~60 million population loss over the next decade

For context on the birth figure: in 1939, China was engaged in the Second Sino-Japanese War, had a population of roughly 530 million — less than half of today's 1.4 billion — and still recorded more births than 2025.

The government has introduced cash bonuses, extended parental leave, and housing discounts to incentivize births. The data suggests none of it is working.

Made a short documentary connecting the demographic data to the broader economic picture — property market collapse, youth unemployment, and the social factors driving young people away from family formation. Link in comments if anyone wants the full picture.

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What are some links that you like to share in discussions relevant to overpopulation?

2026-04-29T20:28:16+00:00

Let's share some of the links that we find useful when we're discussing overpopulation and related topics. I'm interested in anything that you've found yourself returning to.

Maybe you have some bookmarks that you use often, maybe something obscure that rarely comes up but you know how to talk about it when it does.

Please drop as many as you'd like here!

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International development organizations have been a disaster for long term sustainability.

2026-04-29T09:13:49+00:00

Population growth in locations that are receiving projects create unnatural and unsustainable growth. It's a short sighted disasterous situation fueled by corruption and nepotism. It's setting up unavoidable global strife.

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More UK deaths than births expected every year from now on

2026-04-28T18:29:16+00:00

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I made this comparison before and I will make it again in a slightly different way: Natalists view of the earth is similar to how incels view women who don’t like them. Natalists see earth’s capacity to support is how incel see themselves: infinite possibilities

2026-04-27T04:05:54+00:00

If you really think about, incel have the same main character syndrome that natalists have too.

Natalists think that human beings are the most important and beautiful creatures in this universe. They think any planet should feel privileged to host humanity. Also, think about how delusional people try promote equal resource distribution, reduce quality of living, and environmental socialism as a way to maximize our population on this planet. This is exactly how incel think looks maxing will turn them into Jacob Elordi. Anything but accepting the reality.

For all those idiots who think we can support 10 trillion people on UBI, y’all sound just as delusional as some chopped virgin who rate girls as ”sub-5s” because they got rejected by every girl they met.

One last point, it’s so fucking annoying to listen to natalists glazing Hans Rosling who believes human population growth is totally okay because the graphs on his Excel spreadsheet told him so. This is just like incels worshipping Jordan Peterson and Andrew Tate as their messiah.

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South Korea's February Births Hit Highest Level for the Same Period in Nearly Seven Years

2026-04-27T04:31:31+00:00

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Asia’s Billionaires Are Bankrolling a Push for More Babies

2026-04-26T07:17:36+00:00

From Seoul, tycoons are offering cash and perks to boost birth rates, testing whether private wealth can succeed where governments have struggled.

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A criticism against American social activists' hypocrisy on global overpopulation and women empowerment is long overdue.

2026-04-23T22:24:56+00:00

We are living at a time when we can only criticize reproductive rights and family planning issues in America and Wester Europe. The moment anyone propose that we need to focus more on family planning and women empowerment in developing countries, they will get crucified and labelled as a racist or a Nazi.

Outside of this sub, "overpopulation" is generally accepted as a conspiracy theory created by rich white dudes in the 1800s to prevent poor people from having kids. Because of this outdated belief and how greedy billionaires are today, people are willing to go out of their way and twist their own logic as well as ethics to defend overpopulation in 3rd world countries.

Name one major news network that talks about how Afghanistan is running out of water due to population explosion? Do we see any of these liberal Youtuber addressing this issue and how lack of women's right directly contribute to uncontrolled population growth? No, because as long as child marriages, polygamy, sexual assaults are happening in countries like Afghanistan, all these American "activists" will defend those things as part of their "culture" and "tradition".

Also, let's discuss the criticism on China. All these American liberals constantly complaint about exploitation of child labor and poor living conditions for sweatshop workers in China, but none of them address the reason why so many poor people are forced into this kind of life in the first place. It's because there are too many people and too little opportunities for anyone to survive in countries like China and India. You don't ever see American liberals or pretentious Hollywood celebrities talk about the droughts that are happening in overpopulated places all over the world.

No, we don't ever get the truth outside of this sub. Instead, everyone glaze over celebrities who buy overpriced groceries at Erewhon for making the most ignorant overestimating our planet's carrying capacity.

I can see it now. When overpopulation and climate change actually takes its toll by 2050, we are going to see a lot of hypocritical and fake liberals going 180 on their narrative. They will point fingers at people who they think should not reproduce. Some of them may actually jump on the ultra-nationalism bandwagon. Deep down inside, all these so called activists who denies overpopulation and promote birthrate are all just hijacking social activism for their own gain.

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