Demographic destiny

India has a limited window of growth

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Last week, the United Nations (UN) released the "World Population Prospects" report, which, among other things, estimates the future countries and regions. The report argues the world will continue to see path of demographics in the world as well as makes predictions for an increase in population, which will cross 10 billion, till the early 2080s; after that, an aggregate decline will set in. This overall trend, however, conceals considerable regional and national variation. Much of the population growth in the later years of this period, for example, will happen in Africa, particularly subSaharan Africa. Many of the countries there, such as Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), are economically backward and politically unstable. Some of them, such as the DRC, are also in possession of considerable natural resources, which will only increase in value over the coming decades. They will unquestionably with young and restless populations and competition over resources b