voyageindo.com.The government predicted Indonesia's population will reach 255.5 million in 2015 . That's about 43 percent of the total population of Asean .
Furthermore , Indonesia controls 38 percent of the one hundred and productive population in Asean .
Ministry of Planning / Head of Bappenas Armida S. Alisjahbana assess it could be Indonesia's capital to compete in the free market as the entry into force of the Asean Asean Economic Community ( AEC ) in 2015 .
" This means that Indonesia has the potential labor supply , especially in countries such as Singapore ages tiny productive and Thailand , " said Arminda in discussion ' Challenges of Population , Employment and Human Resources Indonesia is facing globalization , particularly MEA 2015 ' , in Jakarta , Wednesday ( 26 / 3 ) .
According to the calculations or the ILO international labor organization , years ago , there were about 300 million employment opportunities in ASEAN and the Pacific . On the other hand , Indonesia has received a demographic dividend , in the form of productive population abundance since the 1990s .
As information , have a productive population age range 15 years - 64 years . Thus , non-productive population was below 15 years and above 64 years .
Based on the study of the World Bank , according to Armida , demographic dividend contributed about 30 percent to the rapid economic growth in Asia , including Indonesia .