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Bookmark or Share- Age Structure - Our World in DataAs the global population of people older than 64 years will continue to grow, it's clear that we're moving towards an aging world. How do dependency ratios vary across the world? It is common in demography to split the population into three broad age groups:
- Ageing: Global population - World Health Organization (WHO)Why is the population ageing? The ageing of the world's populations is the result of the continued decline in fertility rates and increased life expectancy. This demographic change has resulted in increasing numbers and proportions of people who are over 60.
- Population Aging as a Global Issue | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of ...As a global issue, population aging is relatively new—for most of human history fertility and mortality were both high. The Demographic Transition Theory describes a society’s transition away from these high levels to low fertility and mortality.
- Ageing and health - World Health Organization (WHO)By 2030, 1 in 6 people in the world will be aged 60 years or over. At this time the share of the population aged 60 years and over will increase from 1 billion in 2020 to 1.4 billion. By 2050, the world’s population of people aged 60 years and older will double (2.1 billion).
- World Social Report 2023: Leaving No One Behind In An Ageing WorldPopulation ageing is a defining global trend of our time. People are living longer, and more are older than ever before. Spectacular improvements in health and survival and reductions in...
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