At the present time, the population of some countries includes a relatively large number of young adults, compared with the number of older people. Do the advantages of this situation outweigh the disadvantages?

In today's rapidly changing

world

,

the

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population

growth

has been at the highest level of all time. In

this

population

boom, some countries have had a relatively larger

growth

in the

number

of young adults, compared to the

number

of older people. In my opinion,

this

is an advantageous situation and in

this

essay, I am gonna present a few supporting arguments for my opinion. It comes as no surprise that the younger and educated

population

of a country act as a backbone for the countries economy. In countries with a relatively younger

population

, the economic and wealth output has been quite stagnant in the past few years.

For instance

, take the case of India. It is the home to the largest

number

of youths in the

world

, close to around 500 Million.

This

along with a large

number

of available jobs has enabled India to become the 5th largest economy in the

world

, with the

number

of people having there net worth more than a million and/or a billion increasing rapidly per decade.

Moreover

, the large youth

population

of India

also

enables it to operate the 4th most powerful defence forces in the

world

who are ready to defend the integrity of the country. These are just a few of many advantages. All these factors go to show that a country with a relatively large

population

shows good economic and defence

growth

.

On the other hand

, since the apportion of relative

population

of older and younger people is not equal, the probability that the

population

of elderly

population

will decrease faster than that of the younger

population

is quite high.

This

can

also

have a few disadvantages.

For example

, it is the job of older people to give the necessary morals and values to young kids so that they can learn from it.

Also

, its quite important for a child to spend some time under the supervision of older people before he or she grows up. There are a few recorded cases in which young kids take on the wrong path in there life and end up doing horrific things. In avoiding

this

from happening, the morals and values taught by the older people can be really useful. These are just a few points which highlight the importance of the presence of older people in the life of the younger generation. So in summary, the availability of a relatively younger

population

compared to the older ones is important in order to have a rapid and sustainable economic and defence

growth

. But without the older people, the life of the younger children would have been quite different.

Therefore

, the advantages of having a relatively young

population

are far more than its disadvantages.