Explaining the relationship between population aging and social development indicators in the countries of the Islamic world

Mousavi, Mirnajaf; Hanafi, Ali; Bagheri Kashkouli, Ali; Akbari, Majid; Mohammadi, Somayeh

doi:10.22054/qjsd.2021.58274.2119

Explaining the relationship between population aging and social development indicators in the countries of the Islamic world

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

mirnajaf mousavi ¹

ali hanafi ²

ali bagheri kashkouli ³

majid akbari ⁴

somayeh mohammadi ⁵

¹ urmia university

² University faculty member

³ PhD student in Geography and Urban Planning

⁴ phd s

⁵ uni

https://doi.org/10.22054/qjsd.2021.58274.2119

Abstract

This study has investigated the relationship between population aging and social development in the Islamic world. Research indicators include 49 indicators of social development. The type of research is applied and the method of its study is "descriptive-analytical". The data and information studied have been collected through documents and libraries. Although the number of young countries in the Islamic world is much higher than the elderly and middle-aged countries, but the percentage of middle-aged and elderly population is higher. This is because most of the elderly and middle-aged countries are the most populous countries in the Islamic world. Social development indicators show that Qatar has the best situation in terms of these indicators among Islamic countries. In the next place is the United Arab Emirates and finally in the third place is Iran. The classification of countries based on the spatial correlation coefficient indicates that the UAE and Saudi Arabia are in the first category (high aging and high social development) and the African countries of Guinea-Somalia-Chad are in the fourth category (low aging and low social development. In most fourth-class countries, the fragile structure of economic foundations has not allowed their economic and social development.

Keywords

Aging

Fertility

Life expectancy

Social development

Islamic world

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