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The phrase "age will shrink" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express the idea that as time passes, something diminishes or becomes less significant, but the wording is awkward.
Example: "As we grow older, we often find that our worries about trivial matters age will shrink in importance."
Alternatives: "time will diminish" or "years will lessen".
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This year western Germany will pass a demographic milestone: the number of people of working age will shrink for the first time, as has already happened in the formerly communist east.
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But while such measures may have helped to ease pressure on scarce resources and reduce once widespread poverty, they are also aggravating demographic imbalances that could undermine these gains.In the next decade, the proportion of China's population aged 65 and over will begin swelling rapidly while the growth of the working age population will shrink (see chart).
This reflects both subdued expectations about near term sales and a more deep seated belief that, as populations age, markets will shrink and good opportunities for investment will become rare.
Over the next 25 years, the report said, the white working-age population will shrink by five million as baby boomers retire, while the Latino working-age population swells by 18 million.
That matters because it means the working-age population will shrink.
The working-age population will shrink so quickly that by 2050 it will be smaller than it was in 1950.
In Italy, for example, the working-age population will shrink by 20% between 2005 and 2035, and a further 15% by 2050.
The working-age population will shrink so quickly that by 2050 it will be smaller than it was in 1950, and four out of ten Japanese will be over 65.
If current demographic trends and migration flows continue, the European working-age population will shrink and disparities across regions will increase.
Meanwhile, the UN projects that the working age population of China will shrink from around 920 million in 2015 to 667 million by 2055.
And, just as then, demographic trends, such as the ageing of Asian populations, will shrink the pool of younger workers in future while younger employees have expectations that their employers may have to adjust to meet.
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