Name: What is population ageing? - Short
Uploaded: 2025-03-13T15:55:33.000Z
Duration: 1 min 54 s
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Population ageing refers to the demographic phenomenon where the proportion of older people in a population increases over time.

In 2020, the number of people aged 60 years and older outnumbered children younger than five years.

Between 2015 and 2050, the proportion of the world's population over 60 years will nearly double from 12% to 22%.

By 2050, there will be 2.1 billion people over 60 years old.

One young couple is likely to have four parents and potentially up to eight grandparents.

As more people live longer, the demand for healthcare changes from infectious diseases to chronic illnesses, which cannot be cured, but can be managed, prevented, or delayed.

As the working age population decreases, there's a simultaneous rise in demand for pensions and social protection.

Now societies must adapt to a different demographic configuration.

The question is not whether to adapt or not to adapt, but how to adapt.

The key lies in changing the narrative of ageing, a challenge that could be met in the scope of rights of older people and of all generations.

Categorical definitions of old age are becoming obsolete.

The focus should shift towards the years ahead, rather than the years lived.

This requires a redesign of societies with holistic and systemic strategies, considering population ageing in national development plans.

Intergenerational collaboration in communities, workplaces, learning centres.

Short term action with a longer term perspective.

HelpAge International, for more information please visit HelpAge.org.

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What is population ageing? - Short

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