Age Distribution•The proportionate numbers of persons in successive age categories in a given population.

•Almost one-third of the population in less developed countries is under age 15. In contrast, less than one-fifth of the population in more developed countries is under 15.

• Today there are more than 2 billion young people below age 20 in less developed regions—the age cohort that will soon become the world’s newest group of parents.

Youngest Nation : India India’s 64% of population is less than 40 age. India is the youngest nation of the world .

Advantages Of Youngest Nation

Gives the country a chance to build an educated & civilized community. Provide a growing market for the manufactured products. Provides a large tax base for the country.

Disadvantages It strains the education and health care services, food supplies and

accommodation availabilities. Rural-urban migration increases as rural areas are unable to sustain

growing population. This leads to shanty towns. This further leads to increase poverty and lower standard of country.

Unable to maintain & control the growing population, there is a political instability in the country.

Challenges For India

Providing quality education. Skilled labor. Employment. Lack of infrastructure. Providing basic amenities. Population control.

The Critical Analysis The first is the increased labor supply. However, the magnitude of this

benefit appears to be dependent on the ability of the economy to absorb and productively employ the extra workers rather than be a pure demographic gift.

The second mechanism is the increase in savings. As the number of dependents decreases individuals can save more. This increase in national savings rates increases the stock of capital in developing countries already facing shortages of capital and leads to higher productivity as the accumulated capital is invested.

The third mechanism is human capital. Decreases in fertility rates result in healthier women and fewer economic pressures at home. This also allows parents to invest more resources per child, leading to better health and educational outcomes.

The fourth mechanism for growth is the increasing domestic demand brought about by the increasing GDP per capita and the decreasing dependency ratio.

Concerns for India Demographic Dividend is a limited time window, in which all the

appropriate policy framework has to put in, to be able to utilize the window.

India needs to create 1 million jobs every month to be able to provide employment for the population entering working age group and for those moving out of agriculture.

About 92% of India's are informal workers. Informal employment is insecure, poorly paid and has no social security. There's also a difference between wages of regular workers and informal or contract workers.

The overall quality of the higher education system is well below global standards.

India ranks 135 on the global Human Development Index rankings.

Age Distribution Of USAAge structure : 0-14 years: 19.4% . 15-24 years: 13.7% . 25-54 years: 39.9% . 55-64 years: 12.6% . 65 years and over: 14.5% .

Age Distribution Of IsraelAge structure:  0-14 years: 27.1% . 15-24 years: 15.7% .  25-54 years: 37.8% . 55-64 years: 8.8% . 65 years and over: 10.7% .