<span>The
theory of population growth based on geometric and arithmetic progressions is
the Malthusian
theory.</span>
<span> To add, <span>in his 1798 work, An Essay on the Principle of </span>Population<span>, </span>Malthus<span> <span>examined the relationship between </span></span>population<span> growth and resources and developed the </span>Malthusian theory of population<span> <span>growth.<span> </span></span></span></span>