Question

What are the repercussions of population increase?

Answer 1

A small increase in population is desirable in a growing economy but uncontrolled population growth leads to numerous problems mainly on the limited resources.

Thomas Malthus in his theory (1793) stated that the number of people would increase faster than the food supply. Any further increase would result in population crashes caused by disease, famine, and war. Preventive checks are better than physical checks. For future sustainability, the world population needs to be controlled.