The best solution to the economic problems of population ageing is for people to work longer.
Because of the global population ageing, the number and burden of strokes will increase.
In developed economies, population ageing is less welcome from an economic and fiscal perspective.
The right way to tackle population ageing is for people to work longer and to save more.
Despite population ageing in some societies, including in East Asia, the world on the whole is getting younger.
Ill-designed pension systems magnify the effect of population ageing by creating incentives for people to retire ever earlier.
Further policy efforts are required to achieve sustainable public finances in the medium term, particularly in the context of population ageing.
The report suggests that many countries will find it difficult to contain the costs of population ageing by making mandatory pensions less generous.
Not only is the population ageing as better medical standards help people to live longer, but the number of people over 60 years is expected to jump from 10% to 22% of the total worldwide by 2050, according to forecasts by the United Nations.
Its population is ageing much more rapidly and its labour force will be shrinking after 2016.
Many economists think that China has now reached this point, while its population is ageing fast.
Europe's indigenous population is ageing fast, with a quarter of it over 60.
Yet some also blame it for increasing inequality at a time when the population is ageing and economic momentum may be ebbing.
Like other countries, Britain's population is ageing rapidly.
Perhaps extending reach without the expense of opening new shops, especially in areas where ereader take-up may be low, such as in towns where the population is ageing and less attracted to technology such as ereaders, might be something to explore.
With the population both ageing and shrinking (the number of Japanese is due to fall by half by the end of the next century, according to the government), people are worrying about who is going to pay all of this money back.
With 17.4% of Croatia's population over the age of 64, Croatia's ageing population and the impact that has on everything from pensions to creativity is a huge problem for the future.
Looking two decades ahead, India will probably overtake China in the growth stakes because its population is younger and growing faster, so its workforce will continue to expand when China's ageing population will start to slow it down.
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Everywhere, an ageing population is starting to stretch the capacity of the welfare state.
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To improve housing to ensure good health, and meet the needs of an ageing population.
Besides inflexible labour markets, Europe needs to tackle the problems caused by a rapidly ageing population.
The problem, says Mr Anderson, is down to an ageing population and higher expectations.
The problem, added Mr Anderson, is down to an ageing population and higher expectations.
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Some new thinking is urgently needed on how to deal with an ageing population.
This is linked to Scotland's ageing population, as cancer is relatively common among older people.
But he added that, with an ageing population, it was one of the biggest issues society faced.
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Singles tend to have fewer children, increasing the burden on the young to support an ageing population.
However, it does nothing to address the underlying problems of rising health costs in an ageing population.
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Besides its fiscal problems, Japan has an ageing population that will be a draw on the public purse.
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