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1 mar 2017 · This article critically examines the assumptions behind the demographic dividend hypothesis and tries to assess to what extent India is in a position to tap the potential demographic dividend.
India, the second most populous country after China, covers 2.4% of the global surface area and holds 18% of the world’s population. The United Nations 2019 medium variant population estimates revealed that India would surpass China in the year 2030 and would maintain the first rank after 2030.
India's population dynamics have witnessed significant changes, leading to critical trends, challenges, and implications for its society and economy. The country's demographic transition, marked by declining birth and death rates due to improved healthcare and family planning efforts, has resulted in a massive population.
In this paper, we assess the economic benefits of demographic changes in India by employing econometric models and robustness checks based on panel data gathered over a period of more than three decades.
India, the second most populous country in the world has undergone several demographic changes. The current age composition shows high quantum of young population. This is an opportunity for the country if appropriate policy measures are taken.
Section 1 analyzes UN data on population dynamics in India, covering fertility, mortality, migration, and age structure. This section also provides a non-technical introduction to the salience of demographic patterns and trends for macroeconomic performance.
mortality rates provide insight into how population change has come about in India. Taken as a whole, the factors underlying demographic change in India have been systematically different from any other major regions of the world. For instance, socioeconomic changes did not play such a vital role in effecting
