Question

how is population said to be a driving force of nation?

Answer 1

This is because the positive side of a large population is that they can provide labour for the entire country and without labour which is a main factor of production nothing could be produced.

Answer 2

yes population is said to be the driving force of the nation because lots of population means lots of labour force Plus defence and lots of other sectors. a historical event connected to this question maybe the industrial revolution in Europe in the mediaeval ages who wanted a large population to become more strong then other countries thus population can be said as the main factor to be driving the force of an Nation...