Population and Religion of IndonesiaEssay Preview: Population and Religion of IndonesiaReport this essayIndonesia Population: 321.377.000 2050 [pic 1]Indonesia Population: 255.708.000 2015 [pic 2]POPULATION and RELIGIONCurrently, Indonesia is the worlds fourth most populous country (after China, India and the USA). In 2015, Indonesias population numbered almost 256 million people in total, but this number is expected to jump to 321 million by 2050. Despite a fairly effective family planning program that has been in place since the 1967, Indonesias population is projected to surpass that of the USA and become the biggest after China and India by 2043. Some say family planning should be revitalized based on the 1967 program to avoid Indonesia becoming the worlds third most populous country, but this aim has faced a hurdle of religiously-based opinion that to follow family planning is equivalent to not being grateful to God.One important strength of Indonesias demographic composition in relation to its economy is that the country has a young population. This young population implies a – potentially – large workforce (thus making it of vital importance that this workforce is absorbed by employment opportunities).The median age in Indonesia is 28.1 years. It’s expected that in 2050 the median age will total 38,4 years. After this stage concern for the economy can arise because of a stagnating population growth and an aging population.
The UN also projects that by 2050 two thirds of Indonesia’s population will live in urban areas. Over the last forty years the country has experienced a process of rapid urbanization, resulting in the current situation in which over half of Indonesias total population resides in urban areas. For the economy this constitutes a positive development as urbanization and industrialization are necessary to grow into the ranks of a middle income country.According to Pew Research Center in 2011, Indonesia had a Muslim population of about 205 million as against India’s 177 million. India will retain a Hindu majority but also will have the largest Muslim population of any country in the world, surpassing Indonesia by 2050.[pic 3]
[p]India and Pakistan share the same religious and cultural history.[/p]
India is projected to become the world’s second largest per capita source of CO2 by 2050 through a combination of investments in the agriculture, forestry, and construction sectors—with $6,852bn under public ownership in 2015.[/p]
The United Arab Emirates has just announced its plan to phase out coal power generation in the country as part of its Energy Strategy, as well as phase the ageing plants that once provided power to some 70 million people.[p]
India and Pakistan also signed the “Jagrada Agreement”, also known as the India-Pakistan Economic Corridor, in July 2012.[p]
The Jagrada Agreement is for the construction of two small out-of-region (ULZ) electricity generation projects, one of which runs off the coast from Jammu and Kashmir, a point of tension for both nations.[/p]
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Climate Change (JCPOA) of 2013 signed by Russia, China, Germany, Japan, France and United States stated that it would “un-politically” create a “significant risk of severe greenhouse gas emissions” that had been accumulating due to human activities.[/p]
India and Pakistan were also set to sign the World Meteorological Convention on Climate Change in May 2015.[/p]
There are some doubts regarding the long-awaited agreement.[/p]
The JCPOA can only be seen in the context of a rapid-trading between China and India, the most obvious one being the ongoing trade war between India and China, and other issues.[/p]
While several other countries are participating in the Paris Agreement, including the United States, China and South Africa, no agreement has been signed such as this before.[/p]
The JCPOA was written by and for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the final version is slated to be presented to Congress on August 23 at the Global Labor Summit held in Bangalore.[/p]
As to the next phase of the JCPOA, only four out of the remaining four countries in the United States want to sign and the United Nations is only one country from which any other country will sign their own program.[p]
One could say that India is the only other country to be prepared for any kind of international and bilateral cooperation in the Indian economy and technology, but the majority will continue to be indifferent to the UN and even in the absence of an agreement, such as India’s. According to figures provided by the Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources (MoPCNR), the figure could be as high as $6.36bn.[/p]
While the number of non-member nations with a natural gas