Articles on the topic "population and its impact on indian economy"?

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Articles on the topic "population and its impact on indian economy"?

Answer 1

I doubt you are going to find much because the size of a country's population has little to do with the state of the economy - only the nature of the population.

For example:

1. In many of the developing countries the number of elderly is growing rapidly. This is important because:

a. the ratio of workers to the total population decreases

b. demand for medical care increases

Both of these have economic impact, but both operate whether the overall population is small (Japan), medium (the United States) or large.

But this isn't a problem that India has.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic...

2. The more educated a population, the generally higher its productivity.

India has a rather low education level,

http://www.gprg.org/pubs/workingpapers/p... -

but so do many other countries with much smaller populations.

3. The general level of wealth in a country affects how much can be invested for future growth.

Economists do note that a rather high percentage of Indians are poor,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_...

but the same can be said for many smaller countries.

4. India has a rather high population density, about 390 people per square kilometer:

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications...

but still significantly lower than countries such as the Netherlands:

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications...

It is certainly the case the size of the world population has an effect on the sustainability of current economic practices,  but that is not a nation-specific issue.