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human
Do small populations help countries become first world faster or live better?

The Nordic countries all have very small populations and they have amazing development, some say they are more developed than the us.

Meanwhile India has a gigantic population and has severe poverty issues, most of Latin America have a similar dinamic (Brazil, Mexico).

So the question is, are smaller populations better? Was Thanos right?
gpt
Not noticeably. Pacific Islands have even smaller populations and are poorer, meanwhile Japan has a large population, albeit not as large as the USA or Brazil, and is developed. 

Also the boundaries of a country have a certain arbitrariness to them, at least for a continent like Eurasia. The Nordics are connected as economies, both to each other and to the broader European economy.