Population Issues Network Newswatch

Looking at the world through demographics. This blog covers population in the news. Accelerating demographic growth is now the main factor driving biodiversity loss, growing resource scarcity, poverty and social conflict. Over-production and over-consumption are worsening this ecological crisis. 7 billion in 2011 - 9.3 or 10.6 billion (UN high estimate) by 2050. 80 million additional people a year at current rates! Is it not time to rethink population growth?

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Standard Chartered On The Demographic Crisis That Could Create A Disaster In India

By Mamta Badkar – Business Insider

India's burgeoning population has been touted as basis for the country's growth story. Nearly half of its 1.25 billion people are under the age of 25 and by 2030 the country's median age will be 31, much lower than China's 42 and Japan's 52, according to a report by Standard Chartered.

But without massive job creation, India's demographic resource could become a huge, and potentially disastrous, burden.

For full article: http://www.businessinsider.com/indias-huge-population-could-drive-growth-or-bring-it-crashing-down-2011-06#ixzz1O7BNkRRY