Key Statistics

Here are a range of key statistics relating to older people around the world.

Global ageing in statistics

Today, 901 million people around the world are aged over 60 years old. We have gathered key ageing population statistics, from a number of reputable publications and sources.

Global ageing in numbers

Violence against older women

Of 131 government reports on violence against women, only 13 recognised that older women were also at risk of violence.

More than half a million men, women and children, to flee their homes in Myanmar

Older people in emergencies

Each year, an estimated 26 million older people are affected by natural disasters alone.

Diabetes and older people

More than 80 per cent of diabetes-related deaths occur in low and middle income countries.

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