The demographic window and its implications for sustainable development in Libya: An analytical study in population geography.

Abstract

The research aims to study and analyze the development of the population growth rate and its relationship to the emergence of what is called the demographic window, one of the most important features of which is a decrease in the population fertility rate and a slow population growth rate. This demographic shift constitutes a real opportunity to drive development and improve economic performance, provided that it is preceded by early planning.
To capitalize on the high population growth in the middle class (15-64), also known as the working-age population, which leads to an increased supply of labor and higher rates of economic production. After study and analysis, the research reached a number of conclusions, the most important of which is that the growth rate of the working-age population exceeds the overall population growth rate.
This indicates the opening of the demographic window, where the growth rate of the working-age population exceeding the overall population growth rate is one of its most important indicators. Unemployment rates have also witnessed a significant increase, from 3.61% in 1973 to 20.7% in 2006. (2012 - 19 years)
It can be said that Libya has effectively entered the demographic window of opportunity, but it has not taken advantage of this opportunity to raise the indicators of sustainable development.