Population and its impact on the development and national security of Third World countries

The population is an important factor in every society . And all the heavenly religions, and especially Islam, advise their followers to increase their populations with faith as much as possible. But it is reasonable to attend to the requirements of time, place, climatic conditions, and population is required to replicate and balance the population to the extent that it is responsible for planning, equipping and building the necessary infrastructure. Therefore, one cannot absolutely decide upon increasing or decreasing the population. Considering the totality of conditions and infrastructure, ecological conditions, climate diversity, products and of agricultural and industrial products, laboring and working culture, etc., is of a great importance. Hence, it may be desirable at some point to increase the population , and in some other time it is desirable to decrease it. Nonetheless, having certain conditions, the population is considered as one of the main factors behind the development and sustainability of national security, especially in the Third World.