Traditionally, relative overpopulation refers to population surplus compared with the means of subsistence and production, which can be labeled as relative overpopulation in a narrow sense.

• 传统意义上的相对人口过剩是指人口相对于生活资料或(和)生产资料的过剩,这种理论可以概括称之为狭义相对人口过剩论。