Research · 1 October 2025 · World Health Organization
Ageing and health
Selected by Stephen Watson
The reference figures for the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing: the population aged 60 and over doubles by 2050, and the population aged 80 and over triples.
Key figure
2.1 billion people aged 60 and over by 2050, double today’s number.
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