Turkey has entered the category of countries with "elderly" population

According to the UN classification, Turkey has entered the category of countries with an "elderly" population. By the end of 2023, more than 10 percent of the country's population will be 65 and older. This indicator will reach 22.6% by 2060.

By the end of 2023, according to the UN classification, Turkey will enter the category of countries with an "elderly" population, Anadolu reports.

According to the UN classification, countries with a share of the elderly in the total population of more than 10 percent are demographically "old".

According to the UN Population Fund, the world's population is rapidly aging. According to data, Europe is the region with the highest average number of elderly people in the world, accounting for 19% of the population.

In Turkey, the population of which exceeds 85 million people, as in the rest of the world, the tendency of population "aging" is being observed.

By the end of last year, the percentage of people aged 65 and older in Turkey was 8 million 722 thousand 806.

According to experts' forecasts, the share of elderly people in Turkey will reach 12.9% by 2030, 16.3% by 2040, and 22.6% of the country's total population by 2060.