Affiliation(s)
1. College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Moi University, Eldoret 4606-30100, Kenya
2. AMREF Campus, Moi University, Eldoret 4606-301100, Kenya
3. Moi University, Eldoret-4606-30100, Kenya
4. Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, University of Nairobi, Nairobi 19676-00202, Kenya
ABSTRACT
This paper sought to analyze the relationship between population growth
and development. The motivation is that population growth has been blamed as a
cause of being under development in LDS (Least Developed Countries). This is a
descriptive study employing review of secondary data and reports. There is no
direct relationship between population growth and being under development. This is supported by countries
which are populous yet their economies are growing fast enabling them to
graduate from developing and donor reliant to developed and donating countries.
China and India are examples. Again, data show that socio-economic indicators
were not any better when population sizes were low in the last 3 to 4 decades.
Countries should focus on sound economic management to improve the supply side
of goods and services which ultimately will result in reduced population growth
as one of the effects. It is concluded that the notion of high population is
built on the experienced and anticipated challenges in supplying goods and
services that meet the demand and not on any standard measure as to what is
standard population size for a country of a given physical size and natural
resources.
KEYWORDS
Population, development, per capita growth, GDP (Gross Domestic Product).
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