Until dependency ratios shift, Africa’s large youthful population will remain the continent’s biggest barrier to growth.

Consider that at independence in the 1960s, Africa's ratio of working-age persons ... matching China's growing labour force ...

China is wagering that these kinds of economic incentives can convince families to have more kids, as it strives to arrest a looming demographic ... as the working-age population becomes ever ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping gathered the country's most powerful corporate chieftains including Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei and Alibaba's Jack Ma in a highly publicised meeting. Among them was Wang ...

The survey also revealed that there was a notable shift in consumer behavior and preferences for the aging population between ...

The declining population poses a significant challenge for the Chinese economy. A decreasing number of working-age people ... to alleviate the demographic crisis. Read also: China's mega-dam ...

China’s population of 1.4 billion is now rapidly ageing, with nearly a quarter of people aged 60 or above as of the end of last year. The demographic ... retirement age, which – at 60 ...

Android and iPhone owners are now equally common within the cellphone owner population as ... compared with other demographic groups. About the research: The report was based on data from telephone ...

China has intensified its efforts to achieve self-sufficiency in agriculture production, but the fast ageing population ... Those below age 40 were just 19 percent in 2020, as per the official census ...