India can be considered to be a country with Demographic Dividend due to ______.

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This question was previously asked in

SSC CGL 2023 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On: 19 Jul 2023 Shift 3)

Answer 1

The correct answer is high population between 15- 64 years

Key Points

Demographic dividend means the economic growth potential as a result of shifts in a population’s age structure, especially when the share of the working-age population (15 to 64 years) is larger than the non-working-age share of the population.
India is one of the youngest countries in the world.
India has 62.5% of its population in the age group of 15-59 years which is the peak working age.
This bulge in the working-age population is going to last till 2055, or 37 years from its beginning.
This transition is mainly due to a decrease in the Total Fertility Rate (number of births per woman) after the increase in life expectancy has become stable.
Age Group (years) Population (%)

0-14 30

15-59 62.5

60 or above 8