人口缩减

declining population───人口下降

dwindling population───人口减少

expanding population───扩张族群；增长型种群

growing population───不断增长的人口

increasing population───人口增长

ageing population───老龄化人口

prison population───囚犯人数

banking operation───银行经营

civilian population───平民；平均人口

a shrinking population and sluggish economic growth, that is no longer an option.───几年中，世界的产油能力仅仅是缓慢增长。

Japan's shrinking population is at the root of both phenomena.───日本人口下降是两种现象的根源。

An ageing, shrinking population poses problems in other, surprising ways.───人口年龄老化，人口下降还会在其他意想不到的方面产生问题。

Others say that Japan needs deeper structural reforms to raise productivity, especially in the face of a shrinking population.───还有人表示说，日本需要进行深入的结构改革，以提高生产力，尤其是在人口不断下降的情况下。

The software business needs fewer people and less capital; handy for a country with a shrinking population and tight-fisted banks.───软件行业需要较少的人力和资金；适合于人口正在减少和银行资金严格控制的国家。

Despite iTunes, piracy and a shrinking population, CD sales have fallen much more gently in Germany than elsewhere (see chart).───虽然受到iTunes、盗版和人口缩水的影响，但是比起其他的地方，CD销售额在德国下降的更加缓慢（见图表）。

Germany, she says, is an over-indebted, export-oriented economy with an ageing, shrinking population.───她表示，德国是一个负债过高的出口导向型经济体，人口不断老化和减少。

Fears are growing over the state's ability to meet the welfare needs of an ageing, shrinking population.───民众日益担心国家将无法满足人口老龄化及人口减少带来的福利需求。

The dwindling birth rate has left the nation with a shrinking population and the world's highest proportion of elderly people.───日本因出生率持续下降而导致人口不断减少，现已成为世界上老年人口比率最高的国家。

Even more telling is Japan's deepening dependence on China's dynamism for growth in a mature economy plagued with an aging, shrinking population and a shortage of policy solutions.

Japan suffers from tepid economic growth, draconian immigration policies and a shrinking population.

But its market share is reaching saturation point , especially given Japan shrinking population.