Q.What is meant by 'Demographic Dividend'?

Demographic dividend is the growth benefit a country can enjoy when it has an unusually large share of working-age people compared to dependants. …

As a country's age structure shifts — typically because falling birth rates mean fewer young dependants are being added even as the existing working-age cohort remains large — the share of the population that is of working age rises relative to the share that is dependent (children and the elderly). This temporary, favourable age structure creates an opportunity called the demographic dividend: with proportionately fewer dependants to support, the same total income can translate into higher savings, investment and per-capita income growth. …

Students often state the demographic dividend as automatic — it is not; always mention that it requires productive employment and adequate human capi …