Национални специфики на остаряването на населението в България
National Particularities of Population Ageing in Bulgaria

Summary/Abstract: The population ageing is considered as a process impacting reshaping of the entire population and economic reproduction. Its specification are expressed by the high rate of old age restructuring of population (20.4% of people of 60+ in 1990; 25.1% – 2010] 26.6% – 2030) while the living condition are worsening, birth rate is falling and the death rate is augmenting during the transition period to the market economy (since 1989). Having in view the EU concepts of active ageing and the option of many European scholars about the utility of the old population under the responsibility of the government and society, the author of this article adopt the same position. In addition, using its capacity of the olders is considered as an only alternative solution in the condition of lack of young labour force low income and pension level and still available work capable old population, keeping to large extend their professional knowledge and ability.. The increasing the human length of life, still not succeeded in the country, is underline as a main source among the other sources of economic growth and thus – an acting factor of increasing the standard of living of all generations and of population sustainability as well.

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