While Africa may not be lacking land, its population is crowded into cities. In 2010, 90 percent of the continent's population was living on only 21 percent of the land.

Which continent is overpopulated?

Asia is the most populous continent in the world, with 4.68 billion people accounting for nearly 59.5% of the world population as of 2021. Africa is the second most largest continent by population, with around 1.37 billion people, or 17.4% of the world's population.

Is Africa overpopulated or underpopulated?

Considering that it's an already overpopulated continent, it's surprising that many European countries give incentives to families to make more babies. And, for an already underpopulated continent, Africa is crowded with western overpopulation experts giving money to NGOs and governments to stop population growth.