Low population my ass, this much is already a strain. 🤣 

You only need more if you play stupid games & want to fight head to head when you don't need to... 

 Low in comparison to other nations around us and the size of the country. 26 million is a lot, but as part of the 8 billion on earth, a small part. 

 And if we had as many in this mostly dry arid dustbowl we'd be screwed. 

 Totally correct, we don't have the water for a big population.  

 And we're busy paving over the bits that aren't...