Demographic Change
During the last 100 years the world's population growth has been greater than at any other time in its history. The population of the world has more than doubled since the 1960s, reaching 6.8 billion in 2010 and is projected to reach 9.1 billion by 2050, before levelling off. Whilst disparities in population growth remain, low levels of fertility and continuous improvements in life expectancy are ageing the world's population at an unprecedented rate.
By 2040 the 65+ population will number 1.3 billion, 14% of the total. In the UK, 2010 marked a turning point as the first of the baby boomers born in 1945-1970 turned 65. In the next quarter century, as cohorts move into the older ages, there will be even greater ageing with wide-ranging implications for health care, wealth distribution, pension provision, housing, transport and employment policies.
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