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People tend to ignore or underestimate the contribution of longevity to population growth even while birth rates decline.
by jeffbee 3y ago
People tend to ignore or underestimate the contribution of longevity to population growth even while birth rates decline.
- shwoopdiwoop 3y agoWould that not make the situation worse? I would think that having more older people as part of the population means less productivity and a much bigger strain on the health care system.
- jeffbee 3y agoI don't know what qualitative framework you are using to judge "worse". I am only remarking that increasing longevity is a non-negligible contributor to population. The process involves births and deaths, so you can't look only at births. You have to look at how many people are dying at what ages.
- folkrav 3y agoLast I checked, in Quebec specifically, 25%+ of the population is 65 and up, and it's trending upward. Immigration rates definitely have to do with the shorter-term issues, but this has been going on for decades at this point.