Definition of Active Population

The concept of population It allows defining that set of individuals that inhabit the earth or a certain geographical area.

Set of the population of a country that has a paid work activity

Meanwhile, the concept of the active population arises from the social and demographic fields and refers to that group or group of the population of a country that is actively employed, that is, that is engaged in a labor activity paid.

Who is in the group and who is not?

The people who make up this social group denominated as the active population are of age to work or are effectively so because they have some type of work occupation for which they receive a salary.

In general, the active population of each community is always the most abundant since in this concept we include all those older than age as well as some age groups that still belong to what is considered adolescence and that go from 16 years to above. Children and the elderly who are already retired are left out of the notion of the active population.

This group does not include those people who despite charging a remuneration they do not produce, the emblematic case is that of retirees and pensioners who in effect collect their monthly pension benefits, but of course, they do not work, either those who do not receive a salary, housewives, those who live on income or those who receive a type of income but that does not come from any activity labor.

Currently, the concept of the active population is used specifically to designate those who have a job (regardless of the type that this is, if it is black or if it is white) and there is a tendency to also leave out all those people considered unemployed who are still of the age of to work.

A piece of information that offers relevant information about the development that exists or does not exist in a nation

The labor force data is very useful when it comes to knowing certain indicators of the economy of a country and based on them, where appropriate, correct policies, promote others, in order to have an efficient and, of course, well-paid workforce; the information serves demographic analysts, government officials, and different institutions to know elements such as the unemployment rate, the growth of a specific region, the quality of life that can develop from the possession or not of work, the income received, the different types of existing work, the degree and the possibilities of development, etc.

We must say that in underdeveloped countries, that is, in which the poverty boss, this type of population is scarce due to the high birth rate that exists, with little working age population.

While the same happens, but in reverse, in countries with wealth, since there is a greater number of elderly population, retired and not working, and they face the low birth rate, a fact that also leaves a low level for the population active.

Older people, in the second case just outlined, will not seek employment because they are already retired and retired from the work activity they knew how to perform, while that in the case of underdeveloped countries, although the large number of children that are born will grow up at some point and could become part of the labor force, this scenario This usually does not happen as a consequence of the ailing economy that cannot afford to incorporate so many people into the labor market, and therefore the number of unemployed grows.

In some cases, this effectively employed population is called the employed population.

A category that is difficult to define for demographics is that of those persons considered to be employed in an irregular manner; those who have unstable jobs known colloquially as 'changas' and which do not allow them to have a stable and secure income. Usually, these people fall within the passive population group since they do not carry out a work activity on a regular basis and therefore their living conditions are highly variable.