Demographic factors of ageing

The article examines the impact of the main determinants of population ageing (fertility and mortality) in the Czech Republic is examined using stable population modelling. Unlike western and northern European countries where decreasing mortality at an older age contributes the most to population ageing in the Czech Republic population ageing will be additionally influenced by a permanently low fertility level. By 2060, the Czech Republic together with former socialist countries, will rank with the oldest populations worldwide. According to factor analysis, the younger EU populations from former socialist countries currently share more hostile attitudes towards the elderly than their older age-structure counterparts elsewhere. Reprinted by permission of the Czech Statistical Office