Thursday, December 27, 2012

Population Statistics


Netherlands
Difference
Percentage
Age
2010
2010 (%)
2025
2025 (%)
 
%
0-14 yo
2,913,000
17.58
2,784,000
15.92
-1.66
95.57
15-24 yo
2,028,000
12.24
2,023,000
11.57
-0.67
99.75
25-44 yo
4,477,000
27.01
4,295,000
24.56
-2.45
95.93
45-64 yo
4,618,000
27.86
4,587,000
26.23
-1.63
99.33
³ 65 yo
2,538,000
15.31
3,798,000
21.72
6.41
149.65
USA
 
 
Age
2000
2000 (%)
2030
2030 (%)
 
 
0-17 yo
72,293,812
25.69
85,707,297
23.57
-2.12
118.55
18-24 yo
27,143,454
9.65
32,532,779
8.95
-0.70
119.85
25-44 yo
85,040,251
30.22
91,610,717
25.20
-5.02
107.73
45-64 yo
61,952,636
22.01
82,280,171
22.63
0.62
132.81
³ 65 yo
34,991,753
12.43
71,453,471
19.65
7.22
204.20
Japan
 
 
Age
2010
2010 (%)
2030
2030 (%)
 
 
0-14 yo
17,074,000
13.40
13,233,000
11.30
-2.10
77.50
15-64 yo
81,665,000
64.10
69,576,000
59.20
-4.90
85.20
³ 65 yo
28,735,000
22.50
34,770,000
29.60
7.10
121.00



Figures from the central bureaus of statistics from three nations, showing the different expected effects of aging.
Whereas the Netherlands will have an almost unchanged absolute amount of people in the ages 0-65, with the biggest decrease of -4.07% per category in the main workforce of 25-44 years old, the amount of elderly will increase with nearly 50%.
The United States will see an absolute increase in population overall, but lowest in the category 25-44 years, which will increase by 7.73%, in sharp contrast to the amount of elderly, which will increase by 104.2%. Instead of 35 million elderly, there are over 70 million elderly expected by 2030.
As for Japan, the increase of elderly is not so high compared to the other countries, with only 21%, however, the other age categories are declining, most notably children by 22.5%.
Main questions to be asked as a government include where will these people live and who will take care of them as their health declines?

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