Human Overpopulation Explained and the Pros and Cons of There Being Billions of People on the Planet

Kurzgesagt explains the idea of human overpopulation and the pros and cons of there being billions of people on the planet. The human population has exploded from one billion people in 1800 to the current population of 7.4 billion, but different cultures have grown at different rates over time and there are reasons to be positive about the growing populace.

In a very short amount of time the human population exploded and is still growing very fast. Will this lead to the end of our civilization?

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