Question

State with reasons whether you agree or disagree with the following statement:

Optimum population contributes economic development of a country.

Options

• Agree

• Disagree

Answer 1

Yes, I agree with this statement.

Reasons:

1. In the condition of the optimum population, there is a balance between population growth and availability of natural resources.
2. In the condition of underpopulation, natural resources are underused Which leads to limited economic development.
3. In the condition of overpopulation, natural resources are overused. This adversely affects economic development.
4. In the condition of the optimum population, natural resources are used at an optimum level which leads to optimum economic development.

Thus, the optimum population contributes to the economic development of a country.