Ageing nation are defined as – A nation where more than 10% of
the population is aged more than 60 years old” (Global Age Watch)
By 2020, Malaysia will be defined as an ageing nation (9.9%)
# By 2030 (15%)
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Causes of population
Ageing
Declining fertility rate :
Total global fertility rate
has dropped by almost
50% from 5.0 to 2.7
children per women over
the last 50 years.
Declining mortality rate :
Life expectancy at birth
rose globally in the last 5
decades by almost 20
years from 46.5 years in
the period 1950-1955 to
66.0 years in the period