Overall poverty among the older population is one-and-a-half times higher than among the population as a whole. The lack of old age income security means that many must work even at a very old age - a phenomenon particularly frequent in the countryside. Recent longterm projections by the Consejo Nacional de Poblacion (CONAPO) indicate that the population aged 65 or over will more than double during the next 20 years, from 7 million in 2010 to around 16 million in 2030.