Sentence examples for shrink populations from inspiring English sources

Habitats slowly shrink, populations wither, inbreeding increases and a species weakens until some outside force — a storm, a fire, a dry spell — administers the coup de grâce.

Economists are well acquainted with the dynamics of shrinking populations.

Shrinking populations across Europe mean more immigration is in store.

But amid shrinking populations, that logic is turned upside-down.

Ageing or even shrinking populations make sluggish growth more likely.

Public campuses in states with shrinking populations have also looked to out-of state students.

These are for the most part top-heavy, ageing societies, some of them with shrinking populations.

Many have been suffering financially as a result of ageing and shrinking populations.

"With shrinking populations, you have to reduce infrastructure, not build new schools, roads and sewerage systems," said Schiller.

DEMOGRAPHY may not be destiny, but it matters in rich countries where ageing and shrinking populations are bringing economic problems.

That should help them grow fast when ageing and shrinking populations will lead inexorably to slower growth rates in many developed countries (and China) over the coming decades.