Russian term
удельный вес
Obviously, I know that udelni ves literally means specific gravity in a physics context. Is the term being used in a figurative way here? Does it almost mean 'burden'? The text is concerned with the depopulation of Russia.
Oct 12, 2012 20:45: Natalie changed "Term asked" from "ydelni ves" to "удельный вес" , "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc."
Proposed translations
Russian Federation
EnRu: Financial, IT and Technical
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
proportion
Interp, trans, proof, PR, research, writ
Native in: Russian 
, German
Works in: English to Russian, German to Russian, Russian to German, and 13 more.
Share, amount
Philippines
Well-done translations only™
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia) 
Works in: English to Russian, German to Russian, Russian to English
age ratio
In this context «удельный вес» means the increase in age ratio towards the growing amount of old people.
United States
Legal and literary translator. Linguist.
Native in: English (Variants: US, British) , Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland)
Works in: Russian to English, Polish to English, Swedish to English
the number of people (the number of elderly people)
Italy
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
demographic weight
i.e.
www.statcan.gc.ca › ... › Sections
27 Sep 2012 – In the past 30 years, seniors' demographic weight has increased by 5.2 percentage points.
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