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The phrase "a shrinking population" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing demographic changes, particularly when referring to a decrease in the number of people in a specific area or group.
Example: "The government is concerned about the economic implications of a shrinking population in rural areas."
Alternatives: "declining population" or "decreasing population".
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A shrinking population means a dwindling domestic market.
The economic future of a sickly nation with a shrinking population cannot be bright.
And a shrinking population would reach the point where pensioners outnumbered the young.
"They have a shrinking population base," Mr. Biden told The Wall Street Journal.
Its leaders ran up debts that a shrinking population could never pay.
A country with a shrinking population has diminished needs for construction, agriculture, and raw materials.
A shrinking population cost New York two House seats, bringing the number to 27.
Since 1980 the number of countries with a shrinking population of working age people has risen from 2 to 38.
Throughout Russia, a shrinking population, limited worker mobility and rapid economic growth has dried up the pool of available labor.
A shrinking population weighs on Germany's housing market, for example, and a rising one underpins long-term confidence in America's.
After all, how can a country with a shrinking population so readily surrender its very own to foreigners?
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