Senior population surpasses that of youth population for first time

Описание: 아이보다 어르신 더 많아… 65세 이상 인구, 유소년인구 첫 역전

More senior citizens than children.
Those aged 65 and up now account for almost 14 percent of South Korea's entire population.
The surest sign yet the country's on its way to becoming what's called a "super-aged society."
Won Jung-hwan brings us the disturbing digits.
Korea's senior population, or people aged 65 or older, has surpassed that of young people for the first time this year.
According to data by Statistics Korea released on Tuesday, the nation the number of people over 65 reached over 7 million in 2017, accounting for a record 13.8 percent of the total population. With a record low birthrate and a prolonged life expectancy, this pace is likely to continue in the future, and experts expect this figure to grow over 40 percent by 20-60.

The report shows that the nation's aged-child ration, or the percentage of people aged 65 or older to the number of children aged 14 or under, stood at one-hundred-four-point-eight in 2017, surpassing the 100 mark for the first time. The ratio was six-point-nine in 1960, 20 in 1990 and thirty-four-point-three in 2000,.. BUT rose sharply to fifty-point-four in 2006, and ninety-eight-point-six in 2016.

With Korea rapidly becoming an aged society, other social problems are rising as well, such as an increase in the elderly dependency ratio, which is a measure indicating the number of dependents to the working population aged between 15 to 64. According to the data, the ratio of elderly population per 100 working-age population stood at 18.8-percent,... BUT the figure is expected to surpass the 80-percent mark by 2060 if issues like low birth rate continue to push the country toward a super aged society.

Won Jung-hwan, Arirang News.

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