EVALUATION OF MARXIST THEORY OF POPULATION

The Marxist theory is based on the idea of the history of class struggle. Those who do not believe in Marxist theory of change would also not accept his theory of population. Moreover, the population reality of today is complex and in many important aspects different from what it was during the times of Malthus and Marx. The two lived in an age in which both birth and death rates were high (death rates had only begun to fall in the industrially advanced countries) and the rate of population growth was very low. National policies of today are pragmatic and responsive to new realities.