What are the repercussions of population increase? What are the population control measures?

Explanation

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 crash caused by disease, famine and war. Preventive checks are better than physical checks. For future sustainability world population need to be controlled Access to family planning measures is an important factor in controlling population. Propaganda, creating awareness, free availability of contraceptives, tax disincentives for large families are some of the measures which can be adopted for controlling population.