The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[DewDiligence]

Demographic-forecasting factoids, 2015-2050:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-demographics-rule-the-global-economy-1448203724

By 2050, the world’s population will have grown 32%, but the working-age population (15 to 64 years old) will expand just 26%. [By 2050] the working-age population will shrink 26% in South Korea, 28% in Japan, and 23% in both Germany and Italy…

For middle-income countries [the working-age population] will rise 23%, led by India at 33%. But Brazil’s will edge up just 3% while Russia’s and China’s will contract 21%.

Among rich countries, the U.S. remains demographically fortunate: Its working-age population should grow 10% by 2050. But it will still shrink as a share of total population from 66% to 60%. The demographic drag on growth, in other words, will last decades.

More discussion apropos to the theme of this message board can be found in the article referenced above. In particular, the aging of the world’s population is bullish for drug/bioetch companies.