Visualizing The Rapidly Aging Western World

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From issues such as declining fertility rates to the ongoing complications resulting from China’s famous ‘One Child Policy’, there are many demographic challenges that the world must grapple with in the coming years.
However, Visual Capitalist’s Jeff Desjardins notes one problem of particular importance – at least in places like Europe and the Americas – is a rapidly aging population. As the population shifts grayer, potential consequences include higher dependency ratios, rising healthcare costs, and shifting economies and cities.
EUROPE: A PRIME EXAMPLE We’ve discussed Germany’s demographic cliff before, but it’s not only Germany that will be impacted by a rapidly aging population.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Nov 11, 2017.