WeconsideroptimalbirthcontrolfortheMcKendrickequationofpopulationdyna-mics.Itconsistsofoptimizingasystemdescribedbyafirstorderpartialdifferentialequationwithnonlo-calbilinearboundarycontrol.ApproximateminimumprinciplesareobtainedusingEkeland’svariationalprinciple.