boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoHumanity will shrink in the future: 97% of countries will experience negative growth by 2100english.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1347arrow-down16
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minus-squareSuperSpruce@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoNegative population growth or negative economic growth? Huge difference.
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoBoth. Economies suffer when the populations cannot replenish workforces and when average age gets older and older. You end up with too many people to support and not enough people to do the work.
Negative population growth or negative economic growth? Huge difference.
Both. Economies suffer when the populations cannot replenish workforces and when average age gets older and older.
You end up with too many people to support and not enough people to do the work.