Why does population decline considered as a bad thing?
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Because as the population declines, it gets older. When the population stops having babies, the next generation grows up to retire with no one to take care of them. Countries like China and Japan even call this the 4-2-1 problem, where 1 working age person has look after their 2 elderly parents and 4 even more elderly grandparents.
Like, to give it a small scale example, imagine two villages. One has 2 working age people who have to maintain the village and provide for their 8 elders, and the other has 8 working age people and only 2 elders who need to be supported.
Which village do you think is gonna have the higher standard of living, for both the elders and the workers?
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