Inter Press ServicePOPULATION-SRI LANKA: Greying Worries Policy Makers https://www.ipsnews.net/1998/05/population-sri-lanka-greying-worries-policy-makers/ News and Views from the Global South Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:33:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 POPULATION-SRI LANKA: Greying Worries Policy Makers https://www.ipsnews.net/1998/05/population-sri-lanka-greying-worries-policy-makers/ https://www.ipsnews.net/1998/05/population-sri-lanka-greying-worries-policy-makers/#respond Mon, 18 May 1998 00:00:00 +0000 IPS Correspondents http://ipsnews.net/?p=90539

Feisal Samath

By IPS Correspondents
COLOMBO, May 18 1998 (IPS)

Having achieved fewer infant deaths, lower fertility rates and higher life expectancy, Sri Lanka is now bracing for the inevitable – an ageing population.

Sri Lanka is experiencing a faster ageing of its population than any other country in the world, according to recent studies conducted by the Institute of Policy Studies

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