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A World of Elders

How will the global community develop sustainable social structures for an aging population?

There are now an estimated 629 million people in the world age 60 and over. By 2050, that number is projected to grow to almost 2 billion, and—for the first time in human history—the world will have more people 60 and over than children under age 15.

BRAZIL
2002: 8 percent
2050: 24 percent

CAMBODIA
2002: 4 percent
2050: 12 percent

MEXICO
2002: 7 percent
2050: 24 percent

BURKINA FASO
2002: 5 percent
2050: 7 percent

INDIA
2002: 8 percent
2050: 21 percent

UNITED STATES
2002: 16 percent
2050: 27 percent

CHINA
2002: 10 percent
2050: 30 percent

Sojourners Magazine July-August 2002
This appears in the July-August 2002 issue of Sojourners