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Published: 2012-09-19 00:41:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 1077; Favourites: 52; Downloads: 0
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The Portuguese population is more and more aged, since there stopped being renovation of generations in 1982 and Portugal is today one of the countries of the world with lower synthetic rates of fertility. In the last 30 years we lose around a million young persons, between zero and 14 years old, and we gained around 900 thousand old ones, in other words, persons with more than 65 years.Around 80 % of the Portuguese population will be dependent and aged in the 2050 year. A tendency that accompanies the break of the tax of birth rate that has been coming to lessen from 1990. In the next 15 years there’s going to be a break of the most young population and in 2030 around 60 % of the total of the Portugueses is going to have more than 40 years of age.
According to the OECD a country is old when it has a percentage superior to 7% of old persons in his general population. The percentage of the old persons in the total of the Portuguese population is 17.3 %.
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The stats are the same here...and our government doesn't do anything to improve things. Pregnant women still get fired, kindergartens are expensive...it is scary.
Anyway, great moment captured, nevertheless.
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One of he cases in what the message is more strong
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thats y i dislike statistics... anyway a great capture indeed!
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I did not know that about Portugal... Germany has a similar problem. I believe life in Europe has become too stressful for families to get more children, or even get any at all.
Btw, if Amália Rodrigues were still alive she would have most probably been close to her age and looked like her... in private, of course
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Perhaps.
But with the sun glasses at all time.
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That is true, I remember this about her now that you write it.
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Gosto particularmente desta foto. Um espelho real da situação do nosso país! A idosa a desaparecer na escuridão, é para mim um reflexo muito bem conseguido da falta de crescimento demográfico, e um desaparecer da população Portuguesa.
O fado!? O fado é o lamento de um povo minguante, e com tudo que isso traz.
Parabéns pelo excelente trabalho!
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Obrigado, Nelson.
"Isto" não aparece só por acaso, aqui há dias recebi uma "note" dum deviant que me perguntava o porque de tantos idosos aparecerem nas minhas fotos, em destaque ou como figuras secundárias, se era por gosto ou outro motivo. Bem o motivo é... estatística.
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Pois... infelizmente é a nossa realidade social e por consequência, económico. Será que vamos ser salvos pelos imigrantes que temos cá!? Alguns são muito activos na criação de prole!
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Era uma hipótese, muito agradecida.
No entanto parece-me que dos emigrantes que temos, multiplicam-se mais aqueles que, em teoria, vão usufruir dos Serviços do que daqueles que para lá vão contribuir... Em teoria, claro. Acho que mais depressa encontramos petróleo nas Berlengas ou nos Açores... MAs ai estamos sujeitos a ser invadidos pelos EUA pelas atrocidades cometidas pelos nossos governantes
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Everything what you mentioned is exactly the same in Italy and Croatia and as the things stand at this moment, it looks that it will not be much better, sadly. That aging of populations in many countries of Europe will have (and it has already) a big influence on development, migrations, economy, and at the end, on the culture and historical movements of those countries. I agree with you, the crisis and population aging are part of the circle, but I think that crisis can't be solved without solving problem of aging.
It's better to comment the photo, because it's a very beautiful one. I like the old lady, her expression, she is great! 
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Any tip on the crisis/aging?
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I love this street portrait Nuno!
The statistics are sad, the situation is similar in Greece and the crisis will make it even worse.
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And the crisis makes it even worse, and this facts contribute to the crisis.
Vicious circle...
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A great photo with a superb B&W and a message of old population in Portugal, among other problems. Great one. Congratulations Nuno Canha.
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Obrigado, JPaulo.
É um circulo vicioso...
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We have the same problem in Italy, it's an economic problem, to have a kid is expensive and we already have difficulties leaving our parent's home because life's too expensive here. I just heard in the news that 60% of the population under 30 still lives with parents. It's sad but in a way also good, we are over populating this planet and destroying it... we are like a virus for this planet, that's the sad truth.
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Well, "we" always develop the place we're in, but have a nomad soul.
Soon, without epidemics and wars, the Blue Dot will be too small for the specie that has no natural defenses, tooth or claws, no fur, no scales, can only hold breath for a while and has a temperature resistant from 0º to 40º. Only brain and language to depend on.
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What's funny is that in a not so distant future we'll probably be the "aliens" invading new planets to colonize and fuck up its resources and then move on in search of another planet...
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Yeap. And if there is a life form out there, they will be very disappointed with the "intelligent life form" coming they're way!
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Yes it is. I cherish my "oldies".
The problem is that our "neighbours" see that soon there will not be enough people working to support this ones social needs/cares.
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Indeed, my friend, indeed...
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