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Fortunately land use has been pretty much steady since 1990[1], despite world population increasing by around 45%[2].

This is due to land use for agriculture per person dropping rapidly[3].

[1] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-agricultural-area-o...

[2] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/population?time=1985..lat...

[3] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-agricultural-land-u...



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