Poorer World: More school places need for larger number of children, Large amount of future parents, Population growth so issues with more housing needed, Could lead to growth of informal settlement (shanty towns), More food and water needed, may lead to over cultivation of land , Impact of more workers could be unemployment, Impact of more workers could be industrial growth but low wage economy, Greater need for maternity services, Country needs to borrow to buy food and gets in debt, Richer World: More elderly means great cost of pensions, Services for younger people may close down e.g. schools will amalgamate to save money, Health services needed for elderly care like cancer, drugs, operations etc, Age of retirement may need to rise, Greater income tax to pay for services, Less future workers, businesses may struggle to fill jobs, Migrants required to do work e.g. agriculture and health sectors, "Grey" economy will be boosted, eg. spending power of older people driving economy, May need more people to invest in private pensions,

Impact of Population Change- poor world or rich world pattern?

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