Tag: global dependency ratio

Elderly to Outnumber Children for First Time in 2045, UN Says

Jan 11, 2010

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mwkruse

in Demography, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Bloomberg: Elderly to Outnumber Children for First Time in 2045, UN Says Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) — The elderly will outnumber children for the first time in 2045, ratcheting demand on nursing homes and increasing the burden on working-age people to support retirees, a United Nations report found. The proportion of the world’s population older than…