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source: Population Division of the
Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat (2003). World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision. Highlights. New York: United Nations.

www.un.org/esa/population/
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annextables.PDF

The more developed regions have been leading the process of population ageing. In 2050…

there will be more than 3 times as many people age 65 and older as there are today (2 elderly persons for every child);

in contrast, the number of children is expected to remain relatively stable over the next five decades.

	children %	older persons %
1950	27	12
2000	18	19
2050	16	32

Population ageing is especially advanced in Europe:
By 2050, there will be 2.4 older persons for every child and more than 1 in every 3 persons will be aged 60 years or over.
children % older persons %

2000 17 20
2050 15 35

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