Youthful Populations

Youthful Populations

1. Management

   • gender equality
   • contraceptive
   • Growing social and economic development
   • increased awareness of family planning
   • Encourage women to gain higher levels of education so they can marry later

2. Definition

   • After a result of increasing birth rate and a stable but high death rate
   • Youthful population when median age of country decreases

3. characteristics

   • Pop pyramid has a very wide base due to the high birth rate
     • Rapid decline in pop from 16-65
       • Narrow peak to pyramid indicates low number of 16-65
         • youthful pop in developing countries
           • where woman marry earlier
             • little access to contraceptive

4. Pros

   • Large youthful population
     • range of new employment oppourtunity
       • Securing a large economically active pop = More Tax
         • Potential for growing consumer consumer based economy with more young people entering the market
           • Large labor force for natural resources generates income

5. Cons

   • Strain on the economically active
     • Young people grow up to create a baby boom
       • Harder for schools and healthcare
         • The present working may be unable to pay for the education of the present youthful population, leading to early withdrawal from school
           • Infant mortality rate rises as the government is unable to afford medical treatment facilities
             • Rural-urban migration increases as rural areas are unable to sustain the growing population; this could lead to shanty towns, which means increased poverty and lower standards of living
               • Ecological destruction in order to create more space for agriculture and accommodation
                 • Political instability from inability to manage the population