How has the Arab human capital affected the economy

The number of inhabitants in the Arab world was estimated at the beginning of the eighteenth century by about 20 million persons, then the number of inhabitants began to increase rapidly until it exceeded one hundred and twenty million people in the last years of the same century.

Growth proceeded at regular steps with the success of man in making the old or modern lands produce more food and other materials than before.

However, the rate of increase was not the same in all regions of the Arab world. In some regions such as Egypt, the number of inhabitants doubled times as a result of the development of urbanization in this period of time, while the number of inhabitants in the Arabian Peninsula remained stable due to the stagnation of economic activity there until not long ago.

The increase in the population is not beneficial except in a special case, which is when it results in an increase in production and an increase in the per capita share of this production.

But whatever it is, the huge number of the population may raise the status of the nation in the political and economic fields, because the large population strengthens the state politically, especially if the huge number is associated with the new type.