Our population is aging… |
Azerbaijan Let’s take a look at the population age group indicator.
According to the report of the State Statistics Committee, by the beginning of 2022, 28.3 percent of the country’s population is under 19 years old, 32.5 percent is under 39 years old, 25.7 percent is under 59 years old, 9.1 percent is under 69 years old, and 4.4 percent is 70 and older. there were people.
Economist, civil society expert Rovshan Agayev writes that 2010-2020In Azerbaijan, the population of the 0-19 age group decreased by 1.6 percent, and the number of people over 60 increased by 65 percent: “It is an important fact that clearly shows the rapid demographic aging of the population. UNaccording to forecasts, by 2050, the specific weight of the elderly population in some developed countries will exceed 50 percent. Rapid aging of the population is a more serious problem for the world in the next century than global climate change.
According to the latest report of the World Bank, in 2011-2021, every 10The number of births per 00 people decreased from 19.4 to 11.2. 10 a year ago, people over 65 years of age were 5.8 percent of the country’s population, now that figure is 8 percent.
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