Demographic dividend occurs when a country has a large working-age population compared to its non- working-age population, creating an opportunity for economic growth.
"The economic growth potential resulting from shifts in a population's age structure, mainly when the share of the working-age population (15 to 64) is larger than the share of non- working-age population (14 and younger and 65 and older)," is called as
Asked in APPSCCE 2020 Prelims 2020 · Topic: India: Population (Demographic Dividend and Ageing Population)
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