> An aging population leaves the country with fewer workers and more dependents. How does a low birth rate create more dependents? If the birth rate was zero,

> An aging population leaves the country with fewer workers and more dependents. How does a low birth rate create more dependents? If the birth rate was zero, then there would be no dependent children in 20 years. Increases in the birthrate would create more dependents in the short-medium term, but would only create more workers in the medium-long term.