China Working-age

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised India's growth forecast to 6.8% from its January projection of 6.5%, citing bullish domestic demand and a rising working-age population.

India, China and Indonesia will be three of the five economies with the world's largest working-age populations among G20 countries by 2030.

The South Asian giant was seen as "among the most striking" gainers in the bank's long-term rankings, leap-frogging Germany and Japan largely on account of the economy's rapid growth and a rising working-age population that's the envy of an aging developed world.

When Chinese leaders convene this week for a four-day meeting on the future of the country's economy, the biggest news might have to do with babies. According to reports in Chinese media, the government may be ready to relax the notorious "one-child" policy, in existence since the late 1970s, and allow Chinese parents to have two kids.

China's working-age population continued to fall in 2014, the government said on Tuesday, as Beijing struggles to address a spiralling demographic challenge made worse by its one-child policy.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised India's growth forecast to 6.8% from its January projection of 6.5%, citing bullish domestic demand and a rising working-age population.

India, China and Indonesia will be three of the five economies with the world's largest working-age populations among G20 countries by 2030.

The South Asian giant was seen as "among the most striking" gainers in the bank's long-term rankings, leap-frogging Germany and Japan largely on account of the economy's rapid growth and a rising working-age population that's the envy of an aging developed world.

When Chinese leaders convene this week for a four-day meeting on the future of the country's economy, the biggest news might have to do with babies. According to reports in Chinese media, the government may be ready to relax the notorious "one-child" policy, in existence since the late 1970s, and allow Chinese parents to have two kids.

China's working-age population continued to fall in 2014, the government said on Tuesday, as Beijing struggles to address a spiralling demographic challenge made worse by its one-child policy.