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Sunday, 1st October 2006

Statistics: International Day of Older Persons in the EU

EU25 population aged 65 and over expected to double between 1995 and 2050
4 pages; PDF.

From the report:

The International Day of Older Persons, organised by the United Nations, will take place, as every year, on 1 October. In conjunction with this event, Eurostat is publishing statistics on the population aged over 65, which highlight some of their demographic, economic and social particularities compared to the total population. Three persons in ten will be aged 65 and over in 2050.

The share of persons aged 65 and over was 17% of the total population in the EU25 in 2005, compared to 15% in 1995. The Member States with the highest proportions in 2005 were Germany and Italy (both 19%) and Greece (18%), while the lowest were Ireland (11%), Cyprus and Slovakia (both 12%).

Projections2 for 2050 indicate that, in the EU25, the number of persons aged 65 and over might rise from 75 million in 2005 to nearly 135 million
in 2050 (1995: 66 million). Their share in the total population is projected to increase to around 30% at the EU25 level, with the highest
shares in Spain (36%), Italy (35%), Germany, Greece and Portugal (all 32%) and the lowest in Luxembourg (22%), the Netherlands (23%), Denmark and Sweden (both 24%).

Source: Eurostat

Thanks to Stuart B. and IWS for the news tip.


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