Population aging, decrease not as detrimental as they seem: study
Environmental scientists argued on Tuesday that the fear for population aging and decrease was greater than their real dangers in an opinion article in the journal Trends in Ecology & Evolution.
They cited multiple reports of the socioeconomic and environmental benefits of population aging, mortality-related decrease, and shrinking workforces due to retirement.
Their evidences have revealed that, contrary to some economic analyses, costs associated with aging societies are manageable, while smaller populations make for more sustainable societies.
The United Nations’ population report from 2017 states that 14 percent of countries have declining populations, including Japan, Estonia, and the Czech Republic.
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