No region will be more impacted by population ageing than Asia. One in three people on this planet will be aged 60 and over by 2019 - 2020 , rising from 500 million in 2015 to 2.1 billion in 2050 . Those 60 and older will soon outnumber children younger than five ; in developed markets , the 65-and - over cohort already surpasses those under 15 .
One in three people on this planet will be aged 60 and over by 2019 - 2020 , rising from 500 million in 2015 to 2.1 billion in 2050 . Those 60 and older will soon outnumber children younger than five ; in developed markets , the 65-and - over cohort already surpasses those under 15 .