World Population Ageing 2017 Highlights

This publication presents the highlights of the World Population Ageing 2017 report. It summarizes the key trends in population ageing drawn from the latest estimates and projections of population by age and sex, as published in World Population Prospects: the 2017 Revision. The present Highlights includes a special focus on trends in the household living arrangements of older persons—whether alone, with a spouse or with own children—reflecting newly compiled estimates from the United Nations Database on the Living Arrangements of Older Persons, 2017. The annex table provides data on the estimated and projected number and share of older persons, median age of the population and life expectancies at birth and at age 60 for the 201 countries or areas with 90,000 inhabitants or more in 2017, as well as on the household living arrangements of older persons for 143 countries or areas.