Snapshot: Europe

By Prof. Jet Castillo

EUROPE
►Diminishing Population
►Aging Population
Diminishing Population
• Many couples refrain from having
children
• The “good life”
• Too much career-orientation
Diminishing Population

• Result: when they grow old and die, nobody will replace them in the
population
• Worst case scenario: population wipe out
Diminishing Population

• Stop gap
solution:
naturalization
of citizens
from poor
countries
Aging Population : The Baby Boomers

• After World War 2,

Europe had very few
people
• Their governments
encouraged “family
planting”
• 1945-1950: so many
babies were born
Aging Population : The Baby Boomers

• Today: they are now 65-70 years old

• Large demand for nurses, care givers, and retirement homes
Aging Population : The Baby Boomers

• That’s why there are many Asians working in Europe as care-

givers and nurses.
• Soon they will replace the old and dying ethnic Europeans
Europeans: “Endangered species?”