The national median age is also going up gradually, from 38.78 years as per the 2020 Census to over 40.01 years by 2030. This means nearly half the country's population will be in their 40s and older.

In the same report, Mondelez quotes figures from the World Health Organization - by 2050, the number of people above 60 will double to 2.1 billion, representing 22% of the world’s population, it ...

Several countries are ageing at unprecedented rates. Japan leads the way as the most aged society, with nearly 30% of its population over 65. Germany and Italy follow with around 21% and 23%, ...

LONDON: I think there is an unwritten law that every article or policy discussion about the ageing population must begin with some scary statistics to frame the debate. So here are a few from the ...

The number of nursing facilities in the United States has declined sharply despite a rapid growth in the country's ageing population.. More than 820 nursing facilities closed across the U.S ...

Ageing population cannot be ignored By Guo Zhe (China Daily) Updated: 2006-12-19 10:18. According to the latest issue of China Economic Weekly, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security announced ...

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The world is getting older. By 2030, one in six people in the world will be aged 60 years or over and by 2050 the proportion of the world’s population over 60 years old will be 22%, nearly ...

Ireland’s pay-as-you-go pension system means that the burden of financing an ageing population will fall on the next generation,” he said. “In overall terms, ...

By 2050, one in four people in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to be over 60 years old, with the population of older people (aged over 60) in the region tripling between 2010 and 2050 ...

Using data from the US and England on the physiological abilities of over-50s, Kotschy, Bloom and Scott found that the healthiest 10 per cent of the population at age 90 are close to the same ...