How different countries are ageing. Part of the Ageing In The 21st Century report 2012 by HelpAge International and UNFPA.

1. Ageing in the 21st Century
The world is
getting much older...
TEN years
there will be
ONE billion
ARE
MORE
THAN
Within
50,000
100
PEOPLE
IN
OR OVER
JAPAN
older people worldwide.
2012
In 2012,
12%
2050
22%
810 million
people were aged 60 or over.
BY 2050,
The number will reach
GLOBAL
POPULATION
TWO billion.
Two people
celebrate their sixtieth birthday
every second
60
an annual total of almost
58 million sixtieth birthdays.
Ageing is not just a
developed world phenomenon...
% of the population 60 years OR over
19% 27%
2012 2050
22% 34%
2012 2050
11% 24%
2012 2050
6% 10%
2012 2050
10% 25%
2012 2050
15% 24%
2012 2050
By 2045-2050,
newborns
in 2010-2015,
Life expectancy is
can expect to live to
78 years
83 years
68 years
74 years
in developed regions
in developed REGIONS
in developing regions.
in developing regions.
In the past decade,
the number of people aged
60 or over has risen by
By 2050 nearly
80%
178 million
equivalent to
nearly the entire
population of
of the world’s
older people will
live in emerging
and developing
economies.
Pakistan.
Seven reasons why
older people matter...
In china, by 2022
the average age of
47 24
%
of older men
%
of older women
actively participate
in the workforce.
working farmers
is predicted to be OVER
50 or 60.
EVEN OVER
IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES UP TO
90% OF OLDER PEOPLE WORK.
In Egypt,
in 2010, people aged 60
and over made up 8% of
the total population
but accounted for
13.6%
In East and
Southern Africa,
40-60%
of vulnerable
of the
electorate.
60+
children are
cared for by their
GrandPARENTS.
In AUSTRALIA,
53%
of Americans aged 60
OR over use the
internet.
women aged 65-74
contribute
AUS$16
billion
per year in
caregiving and
voluntary work.
In 2012,
106-year-old
Saburo Shochi from
Japan became the oldest
person to complete a
round-THE-world
trip using only
public
transport.
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