What are the effects of a large youthful population?

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There is high dependency in countries that have youthful populations. This means that there are lots of children reliant on few adults to provide for their needs. This hits the tax base of a country and also means that the few resources countries have are inadequate.

What are the consequences of population growth?

Rapid growth has led to uncontrolled urbanization, which has produced overcrowding, destitution, crime, pollution, and political turmoil. Rapid growth has outstripped increases in food production, and population pressure has led to the overuse of arable land and its destruction.

What are the challenges faced by the youth of today?

Stress & Time Management. Managing the pressure to succeed in every area of life and finding time to do it all seems to be one of the biggest challenges facing the youth today.

What are the disadvantages of an ageing population?

The main disadvantages of an ageing population include increase in pension and health-care costs. An increase in the proportion of elderly in the population opens questions as to how best to finance them after retirement.

What is the impact of youth bulge in the society?

It has been suggested that large youth cohorts, so-called ‘youth bulges’, make countries more unstable in general, and thus more susceptible to armed conflict.

What are the disadvantages of an Ageing population?

What are the disadvantages of growing population?

Population affects the environment through the use of natural resources and production of wastes. These lead to loss of biodiversity, air and water pollution and increased pressure on land. Excessive deforestation and overgrazing by the growing population has led to land degradation.

What are the consequences of the rapid population growth to the environment?

The population increases so that the demand for food increases, lack of arable land leads to intensive cultivation, reclamation to expand cultivation land on sloping hills increases soil erosion, causes degradation, infertile soil.

What are the benefits and problems of having a youthful population?

Youthful Population (LEDCs)
Advantages	Solutions
– provides a large and cheap future workforce – provides a growing market for manufactured products – provides a large tax base for the country	– family planning – industrialisation to provide jobs in manufacturing