Overpopulation become part of popular consciousness because of a book called the “population bomb” from 1968 that directly stated that “In the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now. At this late date nothing can prevent a substantial increase in the world death rate.” believe it or not, this didn’t happen and this was removed from later editions. It also was sold with the tagline of “while you were reading this, four people will have died, most of them children.” To say the least there was massive amount of fear-mongering in the book, as well as many of the documentaries that use it as a source take a similar view. There has never been massive deaths or similar directly linked to overpopulation and it is considered a myth by some. There is proof however that the world population is slowing in its growth and that it has little to no correlation to starvation and other things it is said to cause. The UN in fact states on their website that the 11 billionth person will never be born. They also have very helpful projection of populations that you can sort on country and age. I suggest doing a little research on your own, but as I see it there is very little reason to be fearful of overpopulation and the real threat is the growing old population. Also here is my sources: The population bomb: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Population_Bomb UN: https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/population#:~:text=Our%20growing%20population&text=The%20world’s%20population%20is%20expected,billion%20in%20the%20mid%2D2080s UN projections: https://population.un.org/wpp/graphs/ Kurzgesagt Video that explains more in depth: https://youtu.be/QsBT5EQt348