What does underpeopling mean?
Underpeopling means The state of having too sparse a population..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The state of having too sparse a population..
They would both lead to the overpeopling of the portions of the world which are highly endowed by nature and the underpeopling of those which are poorly endowed.
The interest of France in the fur trade resulted in the underpeopling of Canada, so that by 1754 her settlers in North America were outnumbered fourteen to one by the inhabitants of the English colonies nearby.
It will suffice here to underline that chronic underpeopling must have been a serious problem for prehistoric bands, and more so in the Italian territory, geographically much partitioned because of mountain ranges and sea arms.
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Underpeopling means The state of having too sparse a population..
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They would both lead to the overpeopling of the portions of the world which are highly endowed by nature and the underpeopling of those which are poorly endowed.
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