Archive | Population Explosion

Major Elements of the Malthusian Theory: 1. Population and Food Supply: Malthus explained that the population grows in geometrical progression. It increases in order of 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32 and so on. "The repeated criticism of the Malthusian Theory proves its originality and truth"-Prof. Clark. At this rate, the given population will grow double itself after 25 years. [...]

Population may be considered positive hindrance in the way of economic development of a country. In a 'capital poor' and technologically backward country, growth of population reduces output by lowering the per capita availability of capital. Too much population is not good for economic development. Population can be a limiting factor to economic development because of the following reasons: 1. [...]