China’s over 60 population is currently 134 million people, accounting for 10 % of the population, recording a growth of 3% per year. Seniors loneliness might become China’s biggest population concern within 5 years. A recent survey from the CRCA (China Research Center on Aging) has shown that 80 % of the elderly will live alone in 2010. The country[Read More…]
The world’s population will reach 6.5 billion by July and, despite lower expected fertility rates, is likely to reach 9.1 billion by 2050, with most of the increase taking place in developing countries, the United Nations Population Division says in its revised report for 2004. In 2002 the Division had estimated a population in 2050 of 8.9 billion and last[Read More…]
In 2050, the population of senior citizens in China will reach 400 million, representing more than one quarter of the country population. The 16th conference of the International Federation of Senior Citizen Associations has figured out that China is the country in the world with the fastest ageing process. Li Bengong, chairman of China National Committee on Aging, said at[Read More…]
In the not-too-distant future, hundreds of millions of people in the industrialized world could look back at the early 21st century as the beginning of the end of a wonderful era, when even average workers could retire in reasonable comfort in their still-vigorous 50s. Lower Living StandardsThanks to France‘s generous pension system, some of them are in “pre-retirement.” Their pay[Read More…]
A quarter of the Dutch population will be over the age of 65 around 2040, Statistics Netherlands has forecast. Currently, over-65s account for 14% of the population in the Netherlands. The Dutch statistics office says this percentage is set to grow in the decades to come, peaking at 24% around 2040. Statistics Netherlands links the ageing of Holland’s population to[Read More…]
Japan’s population was an estimated 127,619,000 as of Oct. 1, up 184,000 from a year earlier, with a record 19.0% aged 65 or older, topping the previous year’s record of 18.5%, the public management ministry said Friday. ;The number of Japanese aged 65 and older rose 683,000 to 24,311,000, while the number aged under 65 fell in a further graying[Read More…]
World population is expected to increase by 2.6 billion over the next 45 years, from 6.5 billion today to 9.1 billion in 2050. Almost all growth will take place in the less developed regions, where today’s 5.3 billion population is expected to swell to 7.8 billion in 2050. By contrast, the population of the more developed regions will remain mostly[Read More…]
World population is expected to increase by 2.6 billion over the next 45 years, from 6.5 billion today to 9.1 billion in 2050. Almost all growth will take place in the less developed regions, where today’s 5.3 billion population is expected to swell to 7.8 billion in 2050. By contrast, the population of the more developed regions will remain mostly[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…]
