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Slower population growth, ageing need not be alarming: economists
Published Thu, Jun 17, 2021 · 05:50 AM
Singapore
SINGAPORE'S population growth over the last decade slowed to 1.1 per cent per year, less than half of the 2.5 per cent annual rate in the decade before that, the latest Census of Population showed.
While the trend of an ageing population persists, the economic implications are not necessarily that alarming, said economists.
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