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Population growth will fall to zero in Asia by 2050. That's the stark warning from the IMF, which says the continent's rapidly aging population is shifting from being the biggest contributor to the global workforce to subtracting hundreds of millions of people from it. In terms of economic growth that's likely to spell bad news, particularly for Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Thailand.