El Equilibrio Del Mundo 1/5

[Music] at Oguchi Elementary School, Japan. The silence is more striking than the children's voices. Eleven-year-old Dais sits alone in a very large classroom and enjoys the undivided attention of his teacher. Since kindergarten, he has been the only student in the class. Due to the alarming decline in the birth rate, it is expected that by the end of the

century, Japan's population will have halved, with one in three people retired. And Japan is not an isolated case. In the next 50 years, Europe is projected to lose 63 million inhabitants, while Russia will experience a population decline of almost 20%. When people over 60 outnumber children under 4, major social and economic changes will occur. We are talking about a

situation for the society of the future that has never existed in the past, which will literally be home to the elderly. So we already know for certain that the decline of many industrialized countries is written. Longevity is not producing transformations in the industrialized world. In developing countries, more children survive today. Today, the largest generation of

young people in history is reaching reproductive age, leading to a baby boom. Our world is tilting in two completely different directions: while young nations reel from rising numbers, aging nations face decline. A huge generational gap is emerging in countries, which will translate into a more polarized global society whose disparities are potentially very

destabilizing. Join us on our journey across four continents as we look at the demographic divide reshaping the world and confronting us with severe situations in the future. [Music]