China is aging as well, their percentage of working adults peaked recently and is now declining.
Interestingly while Europe has this problem as well, the US does not thanks in a large part due to immigration.
Interestingly while Europe has this problem as well, the US does not thanks in a large part due to immigration.
Honestly, as an environmentalist it's not a bad thing at all, since the peak in resource consumtion will come about either because of a voluntary population reduction, or catastrophic mismanagement of growth.
However, we probably have never had a similar situation in human history, and I don't know how our economies will adapt.