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?

In

this

contemporary era, the grey

population

is rising more than the youngsters in many nations. I believe that it is a negative development for many reasons

such

as overpopulation, extra burden on the government, burden on

families

and the long life suffering of

this

population

.

To begin

with, increasing the

population

of 60+ is making their contribution to the total

population

of a nation which is arising overpopulation.

For instance

, by decreasing the death rate,

this

population

is getting a higher proportion than the young ones.

Moreover

, the more the elders, the more the extra load on the authority which means they have to pay pensions to older adults. To illustrate, the tax money of citizens which the ministry could use on other resources for the development of the country, that money is used for paying allowance to the grey populace.

In addition

to

this

, older people are a burden on their

families

because they can'

t

take care of themselves and can'

t

work. Not only

this

, they can'

t

even do their personal care. To exemplify, many

families

have to pay the caretaker of their older parents because they don'

t

have time to stay at home and take care of them.

Furthermore

,

this

generation themselves suffered a lot at an advanced age.

For example

,

this

populace gets more health issues and sickness at

this

stage and some of them are critically ill which is lifelong.

Therefore

, the increasing older

population

is a negative development.

To conclude

, it is true that elders are the wise ones and are always needed by their

families

,

however

, the overpopulation of the grey

population

creates a lot of problems

such

as excessive

population

, problems for their

families

, economic loss and illnesses in the countries.