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by ThisIBereave 4281 days ago
>Right now Liberia has about the population and land area of Virginia, which means it's already overpopulated.

First, that assumes Virginia is 'optimally populated'.

Second, according to Google, the population of Liberia is 4.294 million (2013) and the population of Virginia is 8.186 million (2012), so using your Virginia-baseline, Liberia can about double its population before being considered over-populated. The Indian state of Kerala, meanwhile, has 34.8 million (2012) people in a smaller area (~38k mi^2 vs ~43k mi^2).