65) will have to take care of one inactive person (65+). With people living longer and older people enjoying better health, by 2030, the number of "older workers" (aged 55 to 64) will have risen by 24 million as the baby-boomer generation becomes senior citizens. In the same year, the E.U. is forecast to have 34.7 million citizens aged over 80 compared to 18.8 million today, the report added. It warned that the E.U. population would fall from 469.5 million in 2025 to 468.7 million in 2030. By contrast, the U.S. population is expected to increase by 25.6 per cent between 2000 and 2025. "These demographic changes have major implications for our prosperity, living standards and relations between the generations. Modern Europe has never had economic growth without births," the paper said. ---SP 2343 Local Time 2043 GMT
