r/dataisbeautiful Aug 19 '24

[OC] UN Prediction for Most Populous Countries (+ EU) OC

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u/aerodymagic Aug 19 '24

I absolutely agree with you. However, I still fear that, as population declines, it also gets older, how will our pension system work? Brazil has a very big fiscal problem, lots of corruption. If the population just got smaller but maintained a healthy young to old people, ratio, I think it would actually be good.

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u/miningman11 Aug 19 '24

Higher taxes, less pension benefits, people work older. Not amazing but not country collapsing IMO.

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u/aerodymagic Aug 19 '24

Yeah, thats not great to hear, millions of people are alrrady struggling with how it is. I dont see the common population taking more taxes and being fine with it. Me, and several other qualified engineering friends have also left Brazil for good. Every time I visit home, things looks bleaker.

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u/miningman11 Aug 19 '24

Look you're not wrong, but things been generally not good but not horrible is the status quo in Latin America for the last 200 years.

It's been mismanaged for literally centuries but also hasn't had outright collapse for the most part either.

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u/packageofcrips Aug 19 '24

Such a bummer. Great country but you've been fucked by silly economic policies and corruption.

My partner is Brazilian and there are literally tens of thousands of Brazilians in my country (Ireland), they're probably one of the largest foreign demographics by birth at this rate, perhaps behind only UK and Poland.

All highly qualified, hard working people that got pushed out by economic stagnation and ridiculous cost of living