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Around 9.1 million net new jobs in the global workforce will be created by the growing working age population in developing countries by 2030, according to the report. ...
Across the world, many countries are facing a rapidly aging population. This, combined with declining birth rates in these markets, will lead to long-term workforce worries, and in turn, serious ...
Demographic dividend, as defined by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), is "the economic growth potential that can result from shifts in a population’s age structure, mainly when the share of the working-age population (15 to 64) is larger than the non-working-age share of the population (14 and younger, and 65 and older)". [1]
Rank Country/Region Labour force Date of information — World 3,382,000,000: 2017 est. 1 China 781,808,000: 2022 est. 2 India 554,145,000: 2022 est. 3 United States ...
The national 1 July, mid-year population estimates (usually based on past national censuses) supplied in these tables are given in thousands. The retrospective figures use the present-day names and world political division: for example, the table gives data for each of the 15 republics of the former Soviet Union, as if they had already been independent in 1950.
Unlike most SDG targets set for the year 2030, this is set to be achieved by 2020. [11] It has one indicator. Indicator 8.6.1 is the "Proportion of youth (aged 15–24 years) not in education, employment or training". Most SDGs are either set to be reached by 2020 or 2030. While SDG 8, is due in 2030 target 8.6 has already expired in 2020.
In demography, demographic transition is a phenomenon and theory in the social sciences referring to the historical shift from high birth rates and high death rates to low birth rates and low death rates as societies attain more technology, education (especially of women), and economic development. [1]
The population warning comes as countries struggle to encourage more people to have kids, while the likes of Elon Musk and others in the tech sector have warned on shrinking populations.