Aging Population In Malaysia 2017

Kuala lumpur aug 10.

Aging population in malaysia 2017. A discussion of the prospects and the way forward for population ageing in malaysia is also presented. As a result the region is on track in the next few decades to become one of the oldest in the world. It will focus on the trends of population ageing and the characteristics of the elderly in malaysia from five economic health social psycho spiritual environmental key domains. Other indicators visualized on maps.

An ageing society is defined as having a minimum 7 of its population aged 65 and older while an aged nation has 14 or more in that age group. Population ageing in malaysia. So it is sooner rather than later that we will become an ageing or. A median projection by the united nations that by 2030 malaysia will be an aged country with 14 of the population or 5 2 million people aged 60 and above should serve as a wake up call for malaysians.

Population in malaysia will hit age 60 and above tei 2017. Population size and growth. In english only for now adolescent fertility rate births per 1 000 women ages 15 19. The rate of increase in the percentage o f older people to 14 percent is considered faster than man y dev eloped.

The united nations economic and social commission for asia and the pacific s 2016 population data sheet shows that as of last year malaysians aged 60 and above comprise 9 5 of the population. The total population comprises of 29 4 million 90 2 citizens and 3 2 million 9 8 non citizens. Ageing refer to population aged 65 years and over age 80 and over 2040 1 4 million elderly age 80 and over increase 4 fold by 2040 2017 0 3 million sources. Asia s elderly population is projected to reach nearly 923 million by the middle of this century.

Governments in asia are generally poorly prepared for this vast change that will have wide social and economic consequences. Of population ageing issues and challenges in malaysia. August 10 2016 15 11 pm 08 a a. Abridged life tables malaysia 2017 dosm 2018 life expectancy average sex and ethnic differences 2018 ethnicity older persons 60.

The annual population growth rate decreased to 0 6 per cent in 2019 as compared to 1 1 per cent in 2018.