Population Growth and GDP per Capita
Understanding population growth rates and GDP per capita are important, because they are interconnected in today's world. Overpopulation, a problem relating to population growth, has become a serious issue with many large countries, and it threatens human survival. However, in order to tackle overpopulation, understanding population's effects on other aspects of the world (particularly the economy) is crucial, because one fundamental barrier in directly challenging overpopulation is its effect on the economy (in both global and domestic terms). Many countries are fearful that limiting their population growth will be detrimental to their economies. People argue that population growth correlates with economic success, because larger populations results in a larger workforce that will increase economic production, so stopping population growth will prevent economic growth as well. Whatever the case, it is important to understand the relationship between population growth rates and GDP per capita, because it will help determine whether actions taken to prevent overpopulation within countries will be detrimental to the economies or not. Therefore, the question to be investigated is does population growth affect a country's economy?