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The sharp increase of population during the 18th century was due to many causes which led to less famines, epidemics etc, which in turn caused mortality rates to go down during the era.
One of the major factors which lowered mortality rates was the improvements in health. By the 1600s, the Black Death had almost been eradicated, and even if there were some sprouts of it, none were as big and caused such a decline of population as in the 14th century. ... The disease was brought by a ship from Syria, and it spread through southern France, killing from one third to even three thirds of the population in the larger towns. ... People infected from it were isolated, an improvement from the 14th century. ...
Better diets were another very important cause that made population grow. ... This had happened before after the Black Death in the 14th century, which led to population growth and then to its decrease as there started being too many people for the resources available.
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