Expalin Marxist's view on population.

German philosopher Karl Marx (1818-1893) is considered to be the founder of modern communism. He never separately formulated any theory of population, but has discussed it as an aspect of communism. While studying population, he presented the theory of surplus population. Karl Marx believed in socialist society, hence he completely rejected the Malthusian theory. Marx believed that there can be no natural or universal law of population, and said, 'An abstract law of population exists for plants and animals only, and only in so far as man has not interfered with them'. According to him, 'Every special historic mode of production has its own special laws of population, historically valid, within its limit alone'. Thus, according to him, the theory of population is very unusual to the capitalist system of production. Marx believed that communism is the only solution to all human pecuniary problems. According to him, any type of economic problems arising due to growth in population can be resolved through communism.

Marx firmly believed that capitalism is responsible for the rise of deficiency in food in relation to population. He firmly opposed the Malthusian view of people suffering due to the faster growth of men than the production of subsistence.

Marx believed that with the emergence of communism, all problems of population will disappear. Thus, according to Marx, there is a relation between population and the economic system.

The very process of production and distribution in a capitalist society is based on the expectation of 'surplus value', exploitation of which deteriorates the condition of labour. According to him