Higher France population/fertility rate 1700-1900 and its effects in world history

I have always wondered what would happen if France had a higher population between 1700-1900 and its effects.

1) Will the local French agricultural production be capable of feeding a higher population?

1800 (40M-60M?)
1900 (80-100m?)

2) If not, what are the alternatives to increase French population?

3) What laws/culture need to change from OTL in order for higher metro France population to happen?

4) How will this affect the French Revolutionary wars/Napoleonic wars with a higher population??

5) How will a higher French population affect the 19th Century history down from British world dominance to the formation of Germany?

6) How different will history be with higher metro France population for WW1, WW2?

7) Will France be siding with the same nations if it had a larger population?

8) How will a larger metro France population affect the Cold War?
 
1) Will the local French agricultural production be capable of feeding a higher population?

Yes, until a point, though that point would'nt come until the late 19th century.


2) If not, what are the alternatives to increase French population?

3) What laws/culture need to change from OTL in order for higher metro France population to happen?

Have France continue the tolerance of Protestants in the middle-ages and come down hard on both sides for sectarianism or violence would keep the Hugeunots from fleeing/being expelled as they were IOTL, enact policies that make France a place people want to go to (the Merchant class and others pre-19th century, general immigrants post-19th), have France encompass more (European) land.



4) How will this affect the French Revolutionary wars/Napoleonic wars with a higher population??

5) How will a higher French population affect the 19th Century history down from British world dominance to the formation of Germany?

6) How different will history be with higher metro France population for WW1, WW2?

7) Will France be siding with the same nations if it had a larger population?

8) How will a larger metro France population affect the Cold War?[/QUOTE]

The PoD's required to change thing plus the sheer amount of new people means their's a chance the British would never become dominant while the rest on the list would simply never happen on account of history changing.
 
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