If your population is growing and your economy isn't, somebody is having problems.
For instance the richest 1 percent more than double the emissions of the poorest half of humanity [1].
We can have prosperity without growth, and we cannot have infinite growth in a finite planet.
[1] https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/carbon-emissions-ric...
If your population is growing and your economy isn't, somebody is having problems.