10 COUNTRIES ON THE VERGE OF A DEMOGRAPHIC DISASTER

Pakistan: $167 Billion GDP

Population change by 2040: +38%
Median age in 2010: 21.3
Median age in 2040: 29.4
Birth rate: 65 out of 223 
Pakistan is rapidly becoming the fourth most populous country in the world, but that does not make it one of the BRICs. Far more than neighbors India and China, Pakistan lacks the infrastructure for educating its surging population and the economy for employing them.
"Time is running out to put appropriate policies in place. The absence of this may result in large-scale unemployment and immense pressure on health and education systems. In short, a socio-economic crisis may take place, making the demographic dividend more of a demographic threat,” said Durr-e-Nayab of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
Source GDP & Birth rate: CIA World Factbook
Source Population & Age: UN

Russia: $1,255 Billion GDP

Population change by 2040: -13%
Median age in 2010: 38.1
Median age in 2040: 45.5
Birth rate: 178 out of 223

Although Russia fared well in the past decade -- named alongside Brazil, India, and China as Goldman Sach's favorite developing economies -- it is now doomed to a long and inevitable decline. Low birth rates are already depleting the population.
Source GDP & Birth rate: CIA World Factbook
Source Population & Age: UN

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