Left ageing on floor?????
German population to shrink by a fifth by 2060
Published: 28 Oct 11 17:05 CET
Germany's population will plunge by 17 million inhabitants – a fifth of its current size – by 2060, according to a demography study presented by Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich this week.
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“The management of demographic change is one of the major tasks for the future," said Friedrich at a press conference in Berlin.
He also said the survey could provide a stimulus to modernize the country, which has become increasingly concerned about its ageing population and declining birth rate in recent years. Statisticians now expect that the German population will plunge 21 percent to 65 million by 2060.
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