Jakarta, Feb. 27 -- Indonesia needs to make use of its demographic bonus to become a developed country, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said in a statement on Tuesday.

He said that Indonesia needs to emulate the strategies of developed nations, such as South Korea, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, which took advantage of opportunities to become developed nations.

"Productive people-people who can generate income, people who can contribute to the GDP (gross domestic product)-their numbers are getting smaller," he said.

"So the non-working population must be borne by people who are still productive. Therefore, the peak demographic bonus is important," he added.

Sadikin made the statement while reviewing prep...