Population — Size and composition, Causes of high growth and Demographic Dividend

India is often called the world's most populous country now, and every classroom you have sat in since kindergarten has been unusually full compared with those in Japan or Germany. Whether that huge, young population is India's biggest opportunity or its biggest burden is not a settled question — it is exactly the question this topic asks you to weigh.

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India's population is large, still growing, and unusually young in composition; the same demographic size that once was seen mainly as a burden is now framed as a potential demographic dividend, provided education, skilling and job creation keep pace with it.

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