Growing old gracefully? China's ageing population in numbers
Growing old gracefully? China's ageing population in numbers Published On Growing old gracefully? China's ageing population in numbers BEIJING (AFP) - The number of retirees in China is set to rocket to around a third of the population, meaning fewer workers and more dependents -- a demographic time bomb for the world’s second largest economy. Here is a look at some of the big questions facing China as its citizens get older: How many elderly does China have? The number of people in China currently aged 60 or over is about 264 million, or about 18 percent of the population, according ...
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