Millennials, or America’s youth born between 1982 and 2000, now number 83.1 million and represent more than one quarter of the nation’s population. Their size exceeds that of the 75.4 million baby boomers, according to new U.S. Census Bureau estimates released today. Overall, millennials are more diverse than the generations that preceded them, with 44.2 percent being part of a[Read More…]
Societies are aging across Europe and Central Asia, but individuals are not – a demographic trend driven primarily by declining fertility rates rather than increased longevity, says the new World Bank report, Golden Aging: Prospects for Healthy, Active and Prosperous Aging in Europe and Central Asia. Launched today in Vienna at the Ministry of Finance, the report finds that the[Read More…]
Japan’s aging population is causing a looming crisis. How is the world’s most innovative nation preparing for the future? The estimated number of Japanese newborns fell to just 1.001 million in 2014 compared with 1.269 million registered deaths, the lowest birth-rate ever recorded and one that exacerbates the East Asian nation’s ongoing struggles with an aging and shrinking population. “The number of[Read More…]
The number of people aged 60 years and over is increasing. According to the UN, by 2050 it is projected to reach almost two billion, or 22% of the world’s population. Increasing longevity is changing the way we live and work. HSBC is dedicated to advancing the global debate on maturing populations and our changing approach to ageing and retirement.[Read More…]
Document sans titre The Brazilian population is rapidly aging. As a result, the number of centenarians has grown steadily, about 77 per cent between 1991 and 2000. Although expected, the increasing number of centenarians may be exaggerated by data quality issues. We compare the recorded centenarian population in the 1991 census with indirect estimates based on the extinct generation method.[Read More…]
Document sans titre By Kim Walker from Silver Group : http://www.silvergroup.asia Healthcare, insurance, cultural centers for seniors, geriatric studies and care giving — will likely see a significant growth in the coming years, says Gui Shixun, a professor at the Population Research Institute of East China Normal University: “The elderly already spend more money on health food products, and in[Read More…]
Similarly to many areas of human activities, the area of demographic developments or movements is facing extreme situations and with them connected problems and consequences worldwide and in Slovenia. In the following ten years, the size, age-gender structure and regional distribution of the European and Slovenian population depend upon fertility, mortality and mobility. These factors, which influence the size and[Read More…]
Hurricanes and new regulation, government pension and savings reviews and mis-selling scandals: the insurance industry is never short of challenges that force it to reassess the way it does business. For Nicolas Moreau, recently appointed group chief executive of Axa ‘s UK operations, the biggest challenge is regulation. The UK, he thinks, has ‘one of the most regulated industries in[Read More…]
The National Policy of Older Persons of 1999 outlined the fact that improved life expectancy has contributed to an increase in the number of persons 60+ from only 12 million persons in India in 1901, the number crossed 20 million in 1951 and 57 million in 1991. Population projections for 1996-2016 indicate that the 100 million mark is expected to[Read More…]
The number of elderly citizens will double in the next 20 years, with those aged over 75 registering the fastest growth, Wu Shu-chiung, a National Taiwan University (NTU) professor, said. ; According to the latest tallies by the Council for Economic PLanning and Development, Taiwan had about 2.14 million people aged 65 or older in 2004. By 2031,[Read More…]
