In a global economy in need of growth, then, India -- home to 18 percent of the world's working-age population -- looks like it may be able to provide some. But don't get too excited about that: Sharma suggests that 2 percent annual growth in a country's working-age population may be the minimum for a sustained economic boom, and India's working-age population hasn't grown that fast since 2006. The growth rate is in fact steadily falling; in 2027 the annual increase is projected to drop below 1 percent.
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