outnumber

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A rare fly that faced extinction could now outnumber the human population of the Cairngorms National Park - the last place in the UK where the insect survives, say conservationists.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Florida lost one driver of population growth when deaths began to outnumber births in the state in 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

“We outnumber them, we have more love than them, and I have no doubt in my mind that people are willing and able to keep each other safe,” Caravello said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

By 2030, people over 65 will outnumber those under 18 for the first time in U.S. history.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Instead, highly productive agriculture enabled a modest number of immigrant rice farmers to reproduce much faster than Jomon hunter-gatherers and eventually to outnumber them.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond