Consequences of an aging and youthful population (8)

• Aging population


  • Need for more geriatric (healthcare in regard for old people) care services such as care homes and meals on wheels
  • Creates employment in these sectors (e.g Geriatric Nurses) and leads to economic growth
  • Increased demand for medical care and rising health costs for elderly people e.g sheltered housing and retirement homes will require a bigger % of the country's budgets
  • Rise in the retirement/pension age
  • Older people increasingly provide substantial childcare for their own children and grandchildren, saving parents money on childcare costs
• Youthful population


  • Eventually forms the active working population, vital for the development of the country
  • Larger potential workforce which may attract multinational companies to the country
  • Can be used to attract inward investment, leading to job prospects
  • Increased pressure on the working population to provide for more than half of the population
• Expenses of a youthful population

  • Spending on hospitals, doctors, nurses and midwives to provide the medical care for children (Paediatric Care)
  • Providing education (schools and teachers) for the young dependents
  • Pressure on farmers to grow enough food leads to land farmed intensively making soil quality poorer
  • More and more trees are being cut down to create farmland which leads to desertification and climate change
• Geriatric care services


  • Care homes
  • Meals on wheels
• Young population


  • Can be used to attract inward investment
  • Leading to job prospects