Krugman: 20-30 years from now France will overtake Germany (population & GDP)

Krugman blog on why France will b a more powerful eco than Germany within 25yrs. Same point can be made about UK http://t.co/hSA5MowOpB
— jeremy warner (@JeremyWarnerUK) September 17, 2013

* = some support for Mr Warner's point can be found at bottom of page

Germany

Current population   (DESTATIS)

Germany´s Population by 2060 (DESTATIS)
(pdf,engl, 49 pages, page 19: working age population in: 2020,-30,-40,-50,-60)

France

Population by sex and age on 1st January 2013, France except Mayotte  (INSEE)
Components of population change 1982 - 2013 (INSEE)
Charts: Age structure & demographic balance sheet 2012 (INSEE)

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Germany can't afford € transfer union. By 2050, its population of 82mn will have dropped to 70mn, less than in 1963 http://t.co/0yDr620Frc
— Mats Persson (@matsJpersson) September 18, 2013

EN translation of a Weidmann-Speech: Economic policy challenges facing Germany http://t.co/weTns2SB8t
— Deutsche Bundesbank (@bundesbank) September 30, 2013

France-Germany: is there a demographic dividend? | OFCE http://t.co/GghJO5G9oL
— Raquel Vázquez (@rvazfer) October 17, 2013

No. of people aged 80 and over in the UK is projected to more than double to 6m by mid-2037 http://t.co/NZ8n26pmEn

— ONS (@statisticsONS) November 6, 2013

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