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Iceland
Will Have Lowest European Dependency Population
By
Chris Bolwig, Icenews
March
25, 2008
Iceland
Figures
charting current population growth and population trends for the next
40 years show that
Iceland
will keep its pensioner population in balance while other European
countries are faced with the problem of dependent ageing populations.
Many
countries, such as
Germany
,
Italy
,
Portugal
and
Greece
, have reported significant increases in the number of dependents over
the past 10 years. The numbers of dependents in these countries is
likely to double by 2050.
Many
of the EU’s newer members, including smaller states like
Latvia
,
Lithuania
,
Slovenia
and
Estonia
, also showed large increases and the trend is not likely to change in
the coming years.
Iceland
and other Scandinavian countries on the other hand have shown slow
growth rates in the number of dependents, which is likely to leave the
total population proportion unchanged over the coming decades.
In
Iceland
, 17.9 per cent of the population are presently dependents, up from
17.3 per cent ten years ago. Figures from the European Union Public
Health Information System, predict that this figure will remain
largely unchanged in coming decades.
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