ABSTRACT
Demographic bonus is a condition when productive force is more than non-productive force. The COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia has affected many areas, including Sleman Regency, DIY. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of COVID-19 on demographic bonus and the steps to maximize the demographic bonus to improve the development of Sleman Regency. The method used is population data collection for 2016-2020 from Badan Pusat Statistik of Sleman Regency and quantitative descriptive analysis based on trends in population statistics. This study found that the dependency ratio increased in 2019, followed by a significant decline in 2020. It was because the number of the productive population declined drastically in 2019 (114,276 people) and increased again in 2020 (85,854 people). The number of heads of poor families and the poor increased during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019-2020 because many formal-informal sectors weren’t running due to government policies. It can be concluded that the demographic bonus of Sleman Regency isn’t affected by COVID-19 from the population structure point of view. Utilization of the demographic bonus can be done by increasing soft skills and hard skills to compete competitively and increasing the number of jobs.