According to Malthus, food production increases at an arithmetic rate, while human population increases at a geometric rate.

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Thomas Malthus argued in his Essay on the Principle of Population that while food supply increases arithmetically (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.), population grows geometrically (1, 2, 4, 8, etc.), leading to a potential mismatch between the population size and food resources available.

According to Malthus, Food Production Increases at an Arithmetic Rate