1. What impact do lots of young people or lots of old people have on a country?

2. Youthful population This is when there is a very high percentage of people under the age of 15. What strain may this put on that country?

3. The Gambia Youthful population case study answer the questions on the Gambia

4. Problems of a youthful population Pressure on housing – not enough housing, people living in slums. This is very common around the big cities (New Delhi), where millions of people live in shanty towns with no running water, roads, sewage of any kind. Pressure on schooling – illiterate population. India’s literacy rate is 60%, Cambodia’s literacy rate is 69% Pressure on food supplies - famine, food distribution difficulties. Natural disasters accentuate this problem e.g. droughts. Pressure on health services – a growth in diseases being spread around and not being dealt with adequately to stop the spread.