IMPACT OF POPULATION GROWTH

The desire for every country is to gain progress economically and as well attaindevelopment. This study therefore analyses a pressing issue that requires urgent attentionif a country is to achieve these desires, by looking at the topic "The Impact of populationgrowth on Unemployment in Nigeria”. The study spans over a time period of 30yearsfrom 1990 till 2020, secondary data was used on the EVIEWS 2009 package toregressthe model with Unemployment as the dependent variable and population growth, exchange rate and government expenses as the independent variables. The results showed that population growth has a positive relationship with unemployment and has a significant impact unlike the other variables such as exchange rate and government expenses. The R squared shows a 99.6% explanatory power of the model's independent variable to explain its dependent variable.it is thus recommended that ef ective policies should be implemented in addressing the ever rising rate of population growth