Why must economic growth rates exceed population growth rates for a country to progress?
The rate of economic growth in a country is calculated using GDP/capita i.e. GDP divided by the population of that country. If population growth is too high then it harms the productivity of that country and therefore the standard of living. With higher growth rate of population, GDP per capita decreases, lowering the country's economic progress. Increasing population is necessary for a country to progress but if it outpaces the productivity, then the country is not progressing at all. A country is said to be progressing if it's standard of living is increasing i.e. it's economic growth is increasing. So, a progressing country's economic growth (GDP growth must be Higher than the population growth) must exceed it's population growth in order to increase it's standard of living.
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