Who Will Run the World When Today's Powers Grow Old? (0017)

Could Nigeria and Indonesia help reshape the world as established powers age? Ruth and Luke explore how population growth in Africa and Asia could change jobs, trade, migration, culture and international influence over the next two generations. From India and Pakistan to Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, they ask what turns a growing population into prosperity, whether automation changes the equation and why more people do not automatically mean more power.Go deeper:UN World Population Prospects 2024 — https://population.un.org/wpp/The demographic dividend — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_dividendPopulation ageing — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_ageingPopulation decline — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_decline