Focus on Demographic Pressure.
The ETR demographic pressure indicator is based on projected population increases between 2025 and 2050. It is a forwardlooking measure that aims to capture the ways in which rapid population growth could exacerbate existing stresses in social and natural environments . Population growth has been strongly linked to environmental degradation , particularly in areas that are already overpopulated and suffering from stretched natural resources. Of the 3,125 subnational areas assessed in the 2025 ETR, 304 have very high levels of demographic pressure , with population growth projected to exceed 50 per cent in the next 25 years. A further 337 subnational areas are facing high demographic pressure, with projected growth of around one-third . The total population in these two categories is projected to increase by more than 646 million, representing over half of the world’s population projected increase by 2050, despite comprising only around 15 per cent of the global population in 202...