How did the industrial revolution affect human population growth?

At the dawn of the industrial revolution in the mid 1700s, the worlds human population grew by about 57% to 700 million. It would reach one billion in 1800. (The Black Plague reduced the world population by about 75 million people in the late 1300s.

The mass production of machinery and other tools allowed for people to have both a greater life expectancy and quality of life. Industrial machinery brought the human race into a new era of growth because it led to the development of technology, albeit rudimentary technology, nonetheless, people’s lives became easier and there was more time to settle down and have a family, in the sense that they had more leisure time and the technology helped to boost life expectancy. Furthermore, industrial hubs became urban hotspots that experienced a massive influx of migrants looking for work in the most advanced cities during the era of the industrial revolution.