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Some countries are getting old. Others are staying young — and getting much bigger.
GTANSW & ACT's insight:
Population structure impacts on liveability and provision of age related services. 
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Scoop.it!
There are “babyloids” and relatives-for-rent in an increasingly childless Japan.
While many parts of the world are concerned with population growth, Japan is struggling to find ways to slow down the demographic decline. What economic and cultural forces are leading the the changing nature of Japanese demographics? A video that explains the changing nature of modern Japanese relationships and gender norms can be accessed here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/30/japan-population-decline-youth-no-sex_n_1242014.html
Paige McClatchy's curator insight,
December 14, 2013 5:21 PM
Japan's shrinking population poses many challenges to the state, namely a shrinking work force. While Japan is a very developed country, it still needs people to continue its growth. Perhaps the government should subsidize families with more than one child? a la reverse One Child policy. As I'm sure Japan would not welcome an influx of Han Chinese. 
Jacob Crowell's curator insight,
December 15, 2014 2:14 PM
In Japanese culture older generation are taken care of by their decedents. With more and more people not having children it is going at odds with long standing cultural traditions. What will happen when these people are no longer able to take care of themselves and have no one to turn to for assistance. Japan will have to adapt and consider solutions that go against their norms regarding familial structure. 
Matt Chapman's curator insight,
April 26, 2018 12:11 PM
Japan is dealing with large amounts of demographic decline. Their population is shrinking rapidly and that is bad for the advancement of the country and the furture of industries.
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A cool look at the DTM and population pyramids
Read the article and review the GIF image data. Think of these as non-gender specific population pyramids. How would you explain the growth in our older population age ranges 50+? Why such a growth in older people and a decline in younger people?
There are many countries that are growing old. The United States of America isn't as much as Japan. Japan must have a low fertility rate because there are more elders. There are some countries that are not getting older Like Nigeria. Nigeria has a very high fertility rate, and children are a huge share of the people in those countries.