Topic 2.7: Population Policies

Pronatalist, Antinatalist, and Immigration Strategies (SPS-2.A)

Current Crisis

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Aging Population

The workforce is shrinking. Pension systems are collapsing. You need more people, fast.

Select a Policy Response

Demographic Impact

Projection: 20 Years Later
Elderly (65+)
Working (15-64)
Youth (0-14)

Status Quo

The population is stable but aging. No major policies have been enacted yet.

Case Studies

France / Sweden

Pronatalist

Methods: Generous paid maternity/paternity leave, government-subsidized daycare, tax breaks for large families.

Goal: Maintain replacement level fertility (2.1).

China

Antinatalist (Hist.)

Methods: "One Child Policy" (1979-2015). Fines, forced abortions/sterilizations.

Consequence: Massive gender imbalance (114 boys : 100 girls), rapidly aging population today.

UAE / Qatar

Immigration

Methods: Guest Worker programs (Kafala system).

Effect: Population pyramid is deeply distorted, with a massive bulge of working-age men (70%+ of population is foreign).