Topic Content:
- Meaning of Ageing Population
- Factors Responsible for Ageing or Declining Population
- Advantages of Decreasing or Declining Population
- Disadvantages of Decreasing or Declining Population
Ageing distribution is the grouping of people into different categories. An ageing population is a country with an increasing number of old people and is also known as a declining population.
A declining population is a situation where the population of a country continues to fall or decrease instead of increase. The dependent population are the people who are not working in a country, they are infants/old people in a country (0-18, 66 years and above).
The dependent ratio is the total number of people who are not working to the number of people who are working.
Factors Responsible for Ageing or Declining Population:
The factors below generally lead to a declining population;
You are viewing an excerpt of this Topic. Subscribe Now to get Full Access to ALL this Subject's Topics and Quizzes for this Term!
Click on the button "Subscribe Now" below for Full Access!
Subscribe Now
Note: If you have Already Subscribed and you are seeing this message, it means you are logged out. Please Log In using the Login Button Below to Carry on Studying!
Responses