📈 EconomyUPSC 2011Fundamentals of Economy

India is regarded as a country with a “Demographic Dividend”. This is due to:

aIts high population in the age group below 15 years

bIts high population in the group of 15-64 years

cIts high population in the age group above 65 years

dIts high total population

✓ Correct answer: b) Its high population in the group of 15-64 years

ExplanationOption (b) is correct: According to United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), demographic dividend means, “the economic growth potential that can result from shifts in a population’s age structure, mainly when the share of the work- ing-age population (15 to 64) is larger than the non-work- ing-age share of the population (14 and younger, and 65 and older)”.368

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