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over the past decades, on the back of earlier high birth rates. However, the ‘peak’<br />

appears to have almost been reached: throughout the projection period to 2035, the<br />

share of working age population is expected to steadily decline after 2015, from a<br />

peak of around 72% to just 63% in 2035.<br />

This is in contrast to the situation in India where higher birth rates feed into a<br />

steadily rising share of the labour force throughout the years to 2035. This means<br />

that the benefit China has enjoyed in terms of surplus in the labour force will disappear<br />

and, very likely, this will lead to increased wages and a loss in labour-cost<br />

comparative advantage.<br />

Figure 1<br />

India-China population<br />

Working-age population in China and India<br />

1,100<br />

1,000<br />

900<br />

800<br />

700<br />

600<br />

500<br />

400<br />

millions<br />

India<br />

China<br />

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035<br />

The average annual population growth rate in India over the projection period,<br />

which is 1.1% p.a., is 1.6% p.a. higher than the 0.5% p.a. decline in China. This<br />

is one important factor to consider in making any economic growth assumptions.<br />

The second key element is trends in Figure Total 1.8 Factor Productivity (TFP), defined in<br />

this context as economic output per head of the labour force. China has reached a<br />

mboe/d stage in its economic development where the impact of external demand on economic<br />

400 growth has started to diminish. Moreover, there are the diminished impacts<br />

of the previous Nuclear/Hydro/Biomass/Other structural reforms renewables that shifted resources from agriculture to indus-<br />

350<br />

Gas<br />

try, the exhausted gains from first generation policy reforms and the absorption of<br />

Coal<br />

<strong>Oil</strong><br />

300<br />

250<br />

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