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ZPG

American  

ZPG British  

abbreviation

  1. zero population growth

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In the 1970s I remember a junior-high science teacher who was a fanatic for “zero population growth,” or ZPG, as her bumper stickers proclaimed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

And, though concern over the number of people the Earth can support wasn’t new, the ZPG moment captured a particularly American wave of worry.

From Time ● Jul. 11, 2016

Most of the young campaigners pledge themselves to restrict the size of the families they soon will have to the ZPG limit of two.

From Time ● Jul. 11, 2016

To reach ZPG is a failure, not a success.

From Time Magazine Archive

I think ZPG is going to be a very good thing for higher education.

From Time Magazine Archive

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