The World is Overpopulated The current population is 7.2 billion and rising. Several studies have shown that the Earth’s resources will sustain a maximum of only about 2 billion people at a European standard of living. And note: Americans use about twice the resources per person as do Europeans.

U.N. forecasts for the population of the world

U.N. data from

Selected data from selected countries RankCountryPopulation Yearly % change Fertility Rate 1China1,393,783, %1.65 2India1,267,401, %2.53 3U.S.A.322,583, %1.99 7Nigeria178,516,904*2.82%6.01* 9Russia142,467, % Japan126,999, % Mexico123,799, % U.N. data from * In 1955 Nigeria’s population was 41,122,332; fertility 6.35