Nowdays in many countries the proportion of older population is higher than that of younger people. Do you think this is a positive or a negative development?

Nowadays, there is an increasing

number

of elderly rather than the

youngsters

. In my view,

this

phenomenon should be perceived as a negative for two reasons. The first reason why the imbalanced population of older

people

and younger

people

has a negative effect is the decrease in the economic rate. Having a large

number

of older

people

will increase the

number

of retirements as a company will be full of older workers. Once they retire it will be hard to find

people

to continue their jobs as the

number

of younger

people

imbalance. There will be vacant positions in manufacturers.

However

, the expense of the country could not be fulfilled as the

number

of workers decreased. It will make the

youngsters

pay more for tax in a country.

For instance

,

youngsters

can not fulfil their needs

due to

expensive taxes on products.

As a result

, the economic rate will fall gradually. The next reason is the slowing the technological progress. The elderly tend to use old methods and old machines in doing their jobs. Many older

people

do not have sufficient knowledge of operating new technology

such

as gadgets, and printers. It will affect the technology progress. The limited

number

of

youngsters

will make prevention of innovations as only a few

people

understand the technology and use it for their daily activities.

Consequently

, the citizens will be outdated.

To sum up

, having more elderly than younger

people

will cause some problems in society

such

as a decline in the economic rate and slowing technological progress. Having considered the disadvantages, I am firmly convinced that a higher

number

of older

people

than younger

people

is a negative phenomenon.