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

By El T — originally uploaded to en.wikipedia as Population curve.svg. The data is from the "lower" estimates at census.gov (archive.org mirror)., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1355720

“Graph of human population from 10000 BC to 2000 AD. It shows exponential rise in world population that has taken place since the beginning of the eighteenth century.”

By LaundryPizza03 — Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69868482

“Map of population density by country, per square kilometer.”

By Korakys — Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=92951369

“Map of countries and territories by fertility rate.”

This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic

“A crowded street in Kathmandu.”

By AniRaptor2001 — Own work, http://www.globio.info/impacts/ Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9690272

“Percentages of the Earth’s surface covered by water, dedicated to agriculture, under conversion, intact, and used for human habitation. While humans occupy only 0.05% of the Earth’s total area, human effects are felt on over one-quarter of the land.”

By Ngô Trung — Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12820282

“Traffic congestion in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam”

By Ultramarine at English Wikipedia — Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Chinneeb using CommonsHelper., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5380317

This was not an easy article to write. It could have been written, but these images tell a bigger story, and are not forcing any beliefs on the reader/viewer. The facts are reasonably accurate.