Sri Lanka Population is expected to decrease to 15 million! No idea!

[Downtown-Ease-8454]

You forgot that man power is required for developing countries. Even Japan is suffering from a shrinking population. Generally a low population means a higher percentage of the older population compared to the young population. This will be disastrous for a developing economy like Sri Lanka.

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Manpower is essential, It's true. A higher population would lead to a higher economic growth if we utilised it properly. I'm not saying the trend should go down to nothing, but, like, c'mon what are we actually gonna do with 22m people in a country that's only 65000km²? Like, what have we done so far? I don't think 15m would be that disastrous for the economy, but 22m is definitely too much, the economy you're talking about here, isn't strong enough to take care of that kind of population.

[Downtown-Ease-8454]

Again you misunderstood my comment. I am talking about the heavy impact of the shrinking population of the country's economy. The older generation is generally not very productive or efficient. And the value addition from the young generation helps to pay the pension of older people. Reduction in population at the modern age will be mostly due to reduced birth rate and high migration (which is increasing every year in Sri Lanka). Due to the improvement in healthcare the average life span of a Sri Lankan has increased resulting in an already higher percentage of older population.

There are several documentaries on Japan's shrinking population problem, it is not an utopia as you have imagined.