numberof individuals who use it. As a consequence,a larger population can stimulate the rate
of technological progress and the rate ofincome growth.The goal of this paper is to surveythe literature dealing with the relationshipbetween population growth and economicdevelopment in order to shed some lighton the debate depicted above. The mainquestions that economists want to answer
are the following: What is the net impact ofrapid population growth on the pace andstructure of economic development? Whatare the key engines that promote long-runself sustained economic growth? How doesthe demographic change interact with othervariables to affect economic growth? In
this paper, we attempt to answer thesequestions in reviewing both the empiricaland theoretical literature treating thesequestions.