Our ageing world, in statistics
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- Today, 901 million people are over 60. [1]
- 62% of people over 60 live in developing countries; by 2050 this number will have risen to 80%. [2]
- Over the last half century, life expectancy at birth has increased by almost 20 years. [3]
- It is estimated that by 2050 there will be over two billion people aged 60 and over, more than twice the number measured in 2000. Almost 400 million of them will be aged 80+. [4]
- 80% of older people in developing countries have no regular income. [5]
- Only one in four older people in low-and-middle-income countries receive a pension. [6]
- 26 million older people are affected by natural disasters every year. [7]
- The prevalence of disability among persons under 18 years is 5.8%; among 65- to 74-year-olds, the rate increases to 44.6%; the rate climbs to 84.2% among people aged 85 and over. [8]
- Nearly two-thirds of the 44.4 million people with dementia live in low- or middle-income countries. [9]
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- UN, Department of Economic and Soci...
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