Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio.
The constant effort towards population, which is found even in the most vicious societies, increases the number of people before the means of subsistence are increased.
Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is below its optimum.
I do not believe you can have infinite population or economic growth in a finite world. We are living on the shoulders of some awesome geometric curves.
A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero.
The rate of population growth in the United States is slightly below that required to reproduce itself.
When I was born, the world's population was 3.5 billion. There are now 6.8 billion people on the planet. By 2050, that's expected to rise to 9.4 billion. What's more, the Earth's resources aren't growing; they're decreasing - and rapidly.
With the rather stable ratio of labor force to total population, a high rate of increase in per capita product means a high rate of increase in product per worker; and, with average hours of work declining, it means still higher growth rates in product per man-hour.
People often focus on the downsides of population growth but neglect the upsides. These upsides may even outweigh the downsides, making a larger population a good thing overall.
All I claimed was that when a drastic change occurs, it occurs in a relatively small and isolated population.