From Tripoli Post
''Every ninth person in the world is aged 60 and
above and their numbers will increase to one in five by 2050, numbering
two billion elderly, a UN agency has concluded.
Those over 100
years of age too will witness an exponential 10-time growth from 316,600
in 2011 to 3.2 million by 2050, the ‘Ageing in the Twenty-First Century
: A Celebration and A Challenge’ report said.
Khaleej TimesIn
the report, the United Nations Population Fund India (UNFPA) as well as
other UN entities and international organisations like HelpAge
International said the population of the world’s aged was growing
steadily, leading to increased concern over their income security. The
world population in 2012 is just over seven billion.''
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