ARE

100OR OVER

The world is getting much older...

Within

TEN yEars thERE Will bE

ONE billiON OldER pEOplE WORldWidE.

in 2012, 810 milliON pEOplE WERE AgEd 60 OR OVER.

bY 2050, thE numbER Will REAch

TWO billiON.

TWO pEOplE cElEbRAtE thEiR sixtiEth biRthdAY

EvEry sEcONd An AnnuAl tOtAl Of AlmOst 58 milliON sixtiEth biRthdAYs.

60

mORE thAn

50,000 pEOplE in

JapaN

205022%

201212%

GlObal pOpUlaTiON

% Of thE pOpulAtiOn 60 YEARs OR OVER

34%2050

22%2012

24%2050

11%2012

10%2050

6%2012

24%2050

15%2012

27%2050

19%2012

25%2050

10%2012

in 2010-2015,lifE ExpEctAncY is

78 yEars in dEVElOpEd REgiOns

68 yEars in dEVElOping REgiOns.

bY 2045-2050,

NEWbOrNs cAn ExpEct tO liVE tO

83 yEars in dEVElOpEd REgiOns

74 yEars in dEVElOping REgiOns.

in thE pAst dEcAdE, thE numbER Of pEOplE AgEd 60 OR OVER hAs RisEn bY

178 milliON EquiVAlEnt tO nEARlY thE EntiRE pOpulAtiOn Of

pakisTaN.

ageing is not just a developed world phenomenon...

bY 2050 nEARlY

80% Of thE WORld’s

OldER pEOplE Will liVE in EmERging And dEVElOping

EcOnOmiEs.

47% 24%

Of OldER mEn Of OldER WOmEn

ActiVElY pARticipAtE in thE WORkfORcE. in dEVElOping cOuntRiEs up tO 90% Of OldER pEOplE WORk.

in chinA, bY 2022 thE AVERAgE AgE Of WOrkiNG farmErs is pREdictEd tO bE OVER

50 OR EVEn OVER 60.

in EAst And sOuthERn AfRicA,

40-60% Of VulnERAblE childREn ARE cAREd fOR bY thEiR

GraNdparENTs.

iN EGypT, in 2010, pEOplE AgEd 60 And OVER mAdE up 8% Of thE tOtAl pOpulAtiOn but AccOuntEd fOR

13.6%Of thE ElEctORAtE.

60+

iN aUsTralia, WOmEn AgEd 65-74 cOntRibutE

aUs$16 billiON pER YEAR in cAREgiVing And VOluntARY WORk.

53%Of AmERicAns AgEd 60 OR OVER usE thE

iNTErNET.

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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