ASPECTS OF THE PHENOMENON OF DEMOGRAPHIC POPULATION AGING IN ROMANIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION PERSPECTIVES

摘要

The world population, especially the European one, faces a serious process of demographic aging, whereas the number of the over-60-year old persons shall increase very fast in the following years, if it is to be compared with the young, respectively the adult population. Romania does not make an exception when it comes to this trend, especially now when the negative demographic balance sheet shall cause a step-by-step decrease in the number of the inhabitants, while the life expectancy average shall continue to be situated below the European average. The Republic of Moldova finds itself among the other European countries where the weight of the elder population is in a continuous growth, and the appraisals indicate even its doubling the following two decades, namely in the period of time when the generations born after 1990 shall get to the reproduction period