Thomas Malthus argued that because of population increase their will be a limited food supply. Then eventually that food supply would be gone and people will starve. The resources will be overused and the land will no longer be able to support the vegetation and plants that gives us food. He claimed that because population grew geometrical and food grew arithmetically that people will outnumber the earths food supply. An example of this is in Nigeria where they have a crowded population. There are too many people in Nigeria and the government does not have the ability to feed them all. This is an example of Thomas Malthus's theory because the people outnumber the food in their region. An example that would not support his argument is the United
