working-age population

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We are threatened by a diminution in the working-agepopulation, a fall in economic competitiveness and a decrease in funding for social care and keeping pension systems in equilibrium.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The consequences of the current falling birth rate and increased life expectancy will be an increase in the old-age dependency ratio and a decline in the working-agepopulation.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Therein we state quite clearly that following on the demographic reports as outlined, the working-agepopulation is now growing much slower than it has done for the last twenty years.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
This will cause, among other things, a fall in the number of young people, a diminution in the working-agepopulation and a rise in the average life span.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
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