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Most developing countries are suffering from overpopulation.
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Vocabulary list

taitei
na adjective, adverb, noun
  1. mostly; ordinarily; usually; generally
  2. probably
no adjective, noun
  1. most; almost all
  2. ordinary (before a neg. form)
na adjective
  1. proper; appropriate; moderate (usu. as 〜にする)
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
hattentojou
no adjective
  1. developing (e.g. industry, town, economy)
hatten
noun, suru verb
  1. development; growth; expansion; extension; flourishing
  2. development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; progression; unfolding
  3. playing around; having an active sex life (recently often associated with gay sex)
tojoukoku
noun
  1. developing country
tojou
noun, adverb
  1. on the way; en route
noun
  1. in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
kuni
noun
  1. country; state
  2. region
  3. national government; central government
  4. home (i.e. hometown, home country)
  5. province (of Japan)
  6. land; earth
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kajoujinkou
noun
  1. surplus population
kajou
noun, na adjective
  1. excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
jinkou
noun
  1. population
  2. common talk
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
kurushimu

te-form

kurushinde
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to suffer; to groan; to be worried
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)

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