The phrase "a falling population" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing demographic trends, particularly when referring to a decrease in the number of people in a specific area or country.
Example: "The government is concerned about the economic implications of a falling population in rural areas."
Alternatives: "declining population" or "decreasing population".
Since Scotland has a falling population, this open door is not a hard policy to sell.
Keynes and Hansen worried that a falling population would need fewer of the products American factories made.
Dundee may have a falling population, hovering above 140,000 from a 1972 high of 181,000, but the waterfront plans offer reinvention for a city often overlooked.
And a falling population would mean a downsized economy (Farage has said that "some things are more important than money") and a downsized foreign policy.
"We perceive such a shift today, as companies address the issues posed by a falling population and saturated domestic markets," Mr. Smithers said in a report.
Gregory Bungo Elmhurst, IllinoisSIR —Because smaller populations are necessary for sustainability, the best way to deal with a falling population is to encourage more decline.
Given that the UK was part of the EU, and also linked by other busy immigration routes to its vast former empire, and to the US, a stable or falling population, as had existed throughout the 1970s – a period of perceived British decline that Thatcher had noisily promised to reverse – could hardly be assumed.
If Japan can find a way of dealing with an ageing and falling population, its neighbours will be all ears.
Those who remember the fears of the 1970's, when there was Malthusian talk of too many people using up the world's resources, might think that a time of falling population would not be all that bad.
By 1500, with a stagnant economy and falling population, Venice's descent from great power was well under way.Moves towards greater inclusivity are disappointingly rare.
This is unprecendented in the annals of human history.Because it is unprecedented, it's difficult to know how a modern era of falling population would play out.
