Rapid population growth saps development

(Appx. 2 years ago I was reading the issue of SCIENCE for 2002.Jul.19
on pages 341 when I wrote some notes I wanted to post here, but I
got sidetracked and procrastinated, until now

So regarding the thesis presented in that article in SCIENCE, would it
apply to space (off-world habitats)? If we ever make it really easy for
people to miagrate to space, and to breed in space, will space habitats
get like overpopulated/overgrowing third-world countries here on Earth
now?