Multiple choice

The term 'demographic dividend' applies to

  1. declining total fertility rate

  2. declining crude birth rate

  3. young population and a declining dependency ratio

  4. increasing life expectancy at birth of females only
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Demographic dividend refers to the economic growth potential that arises when a country has a young, working-age population combined with a declining dependency ratio (fewer children and elderly relative to workers). This creates a window for accelerated economic growth if the young population is productively employed.

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