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Among industrialized countries in 1990, Sweden had the highest pro¬portion of elderly persons, with 17.9% of its population > 65 yr. Other countries with a high proportion of elderly persons were Norway (16.3%), the United Kingdom (15.7%), and Denmark (15.6%). The USA (12.6%) and Canada (11.5%) have a greater proportion of younger persons than Hungary, Germany, Austria, Italy, and Greece. In 1990, the proportion of elderly persons in Japan was 11.5%; Japan will have the greatest proportion of elderly persons by the year 2020 (25.7%). Although the relative number of older persons is higher in developed
countries, the number of those in less developed countries is growing rapidly; by the year 2025, > % of the world’s older citizens will reside in poorer regions.
Worldwide, the older population is growing at a rate of 2.4%/yr, much faster than the overall population. Between 1975 and 2025, the percent¬age of persons > 60 yr old is projected to increase by 224%, compared with only 102% for the general population. For example, in 1950, about 200 million people in the world were > 60 yr of age. In 1975, the number was about 350 million. According to United Nations estimates, the number of older persons is expected to reach 590 million by the year 2000, rising to > 1 billion by the year 2025. Furthermore, in 1985, 23 countries had populations that included > 2 million elders; by 2025, the number of countries with this many older citizens will increase to about 50. They will include Burma, Egypt, Korea, Malaysia, and Zaire, coun¬tries not normally considered to be demographically mature.

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