South Asia Has a Critical Window to Turn Demographic Change into Opportunity (++...)

South Asia Has a Critical Window to Turn Demographic Change into Opportunity DHAKA, November 3, 2026-South Asia has an opportunity to capitalize on a working-age population that numbers 1.17 billion people, but this window is gradually closing. In less than a decade, South Asia’s working-age population will peak and start shrinking. By 2049, it will be an aged regional economy with 14% of its population aged 65 and older. These are the key findings of the World Bank report, https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/11/03/south-asia-has-a-critical-window-to-turn-demographic-change-into-opportunity?cid=ECR_E_NewsletterWeekly_EN_EXT&deliveryName=DM293296 Demographic Change in South Asia https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/04d9003c-6ebf-4355-b34a-f05b34a7a527/content