Are large populations a blessing or a curse for a nation?

In my view, large populations are never a blessing for a nation. You need great resources to cater needs of such a large population. They can be blessing for MNC's who may establish manufacturing units in such countries to take advantage of cheaper labor costs.

Another argument may be in favor of NRI's who are earning foreign currency and sending it to native country. But what happens to such earners in the event of recession.

Large populations in a Nation create many different challenges. Homelessness, food shortages, the spread of disease, overcrowding, water shortages, depleated natural resources, pollution, trash, ethnic diversity which generally causes racial crimes, traffic, and an increase in total crime. I am sure I missed a lot!

But it also adds to the many diverse arts, music, foods, clothing, sports, dance, etc...

Challenges apart, large population is a blessing in disguise of curse. More and more corporate houses are learning the hard way that Human Resouce is the single larges important factor for success. I invite you to read "imaging india" by nandan nilekani.

The large population of India is actually an asset.

China, India and Brazil are examples of how large populations can turn out to be a blessing for a country. " You have got to be kidding. What are you smoking?

Your parents and you must never have heard of zero population growth. Just go ahead and destroy the planet. Good grief can we please have some intelligent people here?

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.