WORLD: UN Publishes Population Ageing 2006 Wall Chart

The United Nations Department of Social and Economic Affairs, Population Division, just published the wall chart, Population Ageing 2006, as a contribution to the 5 year follow up to the 2002 World Assembly on Ageing. The detailed wall chart provides updated statistics about ageing population for 228 countries or areas, regions and the world. It presents data about persons over 60 years of age by country in 2006 along with a forecast for 2050. It shows percentages of elderly men and women currently married, living alone and in the labor force; sex ratio of elderly aged over 60 and 80; ratio of population aged 15 to 64 years to the population aged over 65; the statutory retirement age and the life expectancy at age 60 for 2005-2010. Significantly, the Division has disaggregated the data by age and sex, one of the major data collection goals in the 2002 Madrid International Plan on Action on Ageing. The chart may be downloaded in PDF format. http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/ageing/ageing2006.htm