HOW AN AGEING POPULATION WILL CHANGE THE WORLD - BBC NEWS

The number of people across the world over 65 years old will triple by 2050, drastically altering some countries' demographic make-up, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center.

The BBC's David Botti takes a look at the numbers in this week's edition of Face Facts.

[dothedeed]

The next few decades are going to be very interesting. 

[riderlibertas]

I think we had it right when families stayed together and everyone looked after each other.  The elderly looking after the children is better than putting them day care and children looking after their aging parents is better than putting them in old age homes.

[MarthaHulse]

What a great report . Directly to the core .

[davidsghost]

I think these will be people who will want to care for themselves.

[hellbeckham]

its a vicious cycle: people grow old, retire and you want more younger people to join the workforce. Then you invite immigrants. when these younger people grow old, you will have a larger shoes to fill in. its never-ending.

[thecarentsroom]

Time to talk about and plan for the intergenerational impact of ageing

[camxan]

What we need is a society like Logan’s Run

[lxpoker]

It will be a major problem in 20-30 years from now as the social security systems will fail. The active working population wont just be enought to suport the retired ones, unless there is a brutal increase in social taxes or companies change the way they look at older workers and start retaining them. This is not someting to take "lightly" since the increase in life expectancy paralell to the low fertility levels will translate in a enormous amount of persons not working, thus not generating tax incomes or social contributions: on the contrary, the amount of pensions being paid will increase largely.

[shehlaimran]

I have to do my assignment for final exams.I didnt founded thus topic but i founded it here.Thanks

[iamverynubby]

So my teacher chose this video as a listening exercise

[nurlatifahmohdnor]

8.4.2002 - 12.4.2002 = The 2nd World Assembly on Ageing

[johnsamuel]

lol even in europe families are having fewer children (even though though they get pensions, paid maternity and paternity leave, subsidized or free daycare, free or affordable education till college, tax payed or affordable healthcare

[cinenine]

Developing countries are still depending on the resources of the poorer countries. Nothing has changed.

[BramowitchIII]

"The world is getting older", if you equate certain countries with the entire world then yes. Who writes this stuff?

[injimmyland]

Less youngers and more elders countries that the governments will be more intelligent and ideas. They will figure out how to solve problems of themselves. Look at most of the presidents from all of the world, they are very old and intelligent.

[rorus]

In the future, office based jobs etc will have to be freed up to provide more jobs which the elderly can carry on despite advancing years. The youth of society will be allocated manual labour, regardless of their ability to work in more intellectual fields.

[CanadaMath]

Here is an interesting statistic:
Of all the babies being born in Canada, USA and Europe now —-> 50% will reach the age of 103.
No that is not a typo, one hundred and three.
The Government of these countries will have to make serious changes in order to afford to pay pensions and healthcare for all of those retired people:
1) They will raise the age that you need to be to qualify for a pension/healthcare
2) They will lower the amount a retiree will receive
3) They will end other socialist programs in order to afford to fund the pension and healthcare programs
4) They will desperately try to increase their GDP / economy
5) They will raise taxes for those who are still working
6) They will encourage retired people to go back to work
7) They will force working age people to save for retirement (like Singapore does)

[patriciavandevelde]

A living hell on No nurses, not enough housing, not enough doctors!!!!

[paulocunha]

Birth is suffering, Ageing is suffering, Sickness is suffering, Death is suffering, Separation from beloveds is suffering, Cohabitation with indifferent people is suffering, desire not having fulfilled is suffering. NATURAL SUFFERING IS INEVITABLE BUT CULTURAL SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL. MANY SUFFERING COULD BE REDUCED IF WE COULD ELIMINATE IGNORANCE AND ABYSMAL DESIRE

[constantinegrey]

We shouldn't be afraid of ageing and dying in pain do try extending your life ain't worth it.