POPULATION DENSITY
Generally speaking, as the human population grows, our consumption of natural resources increases. More humans consume more freshwater, more land, more clothing, etc. The more people on the planet, the more food you need to feed those humans (more fishing, more farming, more deforestation to make room for agriculture and raising livestock, and so forth).
Now, this is not a rule. Scientific and technological innovations are improving our efficiency at using and harvesting natural resources. For example, natural gas plants have become increasingly more efficient, thus humans are able to obtain more energy out of the same amount of gas. (From: https://socratic.org/questions/how-does-human-population-growth-affect-natural-resources)
Now, this is not a rule. Scientific and technological innovations are improving our efficiency at using and harvesting natural resources. For example, natural gas plants have become increasingly more efficient, thus humans are able to obtain more energy out of the same amount of gas. (From: https://socratic.org/questions/how-does-human-population-growth-affect-natural-resources)