Fertility and Contributions of Global Fertility to the Ageing of the World Population

Wan Ibrahim Wan Ahmad¹ , Muhammad Nur Manuty² , Salmijah Surif³ , Zainab Ismail⁴ , Muhammad Haffiz Muhammad Isa⁵ , Nadzirah Samsuddin⁶ , Abdul Rahman Yasin⁷ , Rohana Kamaruddin⁸ , Shahrul Hizam Mokhtar⁹ , Zuljalaludin Abd Rani¹⁰ , Mohd Nasir Mohd Tap¹¹ , Muhammad Kamil Yazid¹² , I Komang Astina¹³ , Singgih Susilo¹⁴

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.8 , Issue.5 , pp.68-74, May-2022

Online published on May 31, 2022

Copyright © Wan Ibrahim Wan Ahmad, Muhammad Nur Manuty, Salmijah Surif, Zainab Ismail, Muhammad Haffiz Muhammad Isa, Nadzirah Samsuddin, Abdul Rahman Yasin, Rohana Kamaruddin, Shahrul Hizam Mokhtar, Zuljalaludin Abd Rani, Mohd Nasir Mohd Tap, Muhammad Kamil Yazid, I Komang Astina, Singgih Susilo . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
The elderly population is increasing around the world. The increase in the elderly population is referred to as population ageing. Although not all countries in the world have a large number of elderly populations, eventually all countries will experience a process, called population ageing. This paper aims to discuss: (1) the meaning of fertility, (2) the areas of high and low fertility settings, (3) the reasons for the fertility transition, and (4) the contribution of fertility to population ageing. To achieve this objective, a research using a secondary analysis design was conducted. Secondary materials for this research are collected and analyzed from materials that have been previously published by various authors from various sources. The results show that (1) fertility is a demographic term that refers to the live birth experienced by a woman, (2) fertility rate depends on the level of economic development of a country, (3) many factors behind this level of fertility, all factors from within the woman herself, or other factors outside the woman, and (4) declining fertility is a major contributor to the increasing proportion of elderly worldwide. The unusually rapid increase in the elderly now requires all countries to pay serious attention to this issue in their respective countries.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Fertility; Fertility transition; Population ageing; Elderly population; Stillbirth

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