CHINA / Figure that Matters
Aging population by 2010
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-09-21 21:08
BEIJING -- China will have 174 million senior citizens aged over 60 in
2010, or 12.78 percent of the entire population, according to a document
on the aging population published on Thursday.
According to the document issued by the China National Committee on Aging
with the approval of the State Council, 21.32 million of those senior
citizens will be aged over 80.
China aging population, the largest in the world, is putting great
pressure on China's economic and social development. The number of senior
citizens will peak in 2030 when the national population hits 1.465
billion, the document said.
According to the fifth national population census, the average life
expectancy of the Chinese population reached 71.4 years old in 2000, 2.85
years longer than that in 1990.
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