Between 2010 and 2020, India will add about 120 million people in the working age segment, or 28 per cent of the global increase, while it will only add about 43 million people to the 60+ age group, or 16 per cent of the global increase.
In sharp contrast, China will add about 19 million people in the working age segment 20–59, less than 5 per cent of the global increment. In the same period, it will add about 60 million people to the 60+ age group, about 27 per cent of the global increase.