No, this is not a geography question.
In what parts of the world is the population generally getting older,
getting younger, and staying about the same? By continent or by
country is fine.
I meant to say, it is not a geology question. I guess it is a geography question.
P.P.S. The human population, lest there be any doubt.
Hi natalieemt,
There are several terrific demographic website, but the United Nations
Population Division website seems to be one of the easiest to use.
http://esa.un.org/unpp/index.asp?panel=2
I chose data for 1970 - 2030 for each of the six main regions. You can
play with it online if you want to and choose different variables
including years, countries, and ages. In general, all regions are
getting older with Europe leading the way. None of the regions are
getting younger, but North America has the least percentage of loss in
that group. None of the regions are staying the same but North America
is stable in the 15 to 64 age group.
Africa
Population aged 0-14
Medium variant
1970-2030
Year (thousands) (%)
1970 160 348 44.9
1975 184 243 45.1
1980 211 950 45.1
1985 244 633 45.2
1990 278 825 44.8
1995 310 371 43.9
2000 339 631 42.7
2005 369 230 41.6
2010 399 837 40.6
2015 428 979 39.6
2020 452 551 38.1
2025 470 233 36.4
2030 484 092 34.6
Africa
Population aged 15-64
Medium variant
1970-2030
Year (thousands) (%)
1970 185 668 52.0
1975 211 332 51.8
1980 243 270 51.8
1985 280 712 51.8
1990 324 725 52.2
1995 375 085 53.0
2000 430 389 54.1
2005 489 013 55.1
2010 550 350 55.9
2015 616 051 56.8
2020 688 359 58.0
2025 767 026 59.4
2030 850 226 60.8
Africa
Population aged 60+
Medium variant
1970-2030
Year (thousands) (%)
1970 18 131 5.1
1975 20 111 4.9
1980 23 020 4.9
1985 26 195 4.8
1990 30 227 4.9
1995 34 826 4.9
2000 40 056 5.0
2005 45 702 5.1
2010 52 595 5.3
2015 61 372 5.7
2020 71 328 6.0
2025 82 208 6.4
2030 94 015 6.7
Asia
Population aged 0-14
Medium variant
1970-2030
Year (thousands) (%)
1970 859 520 40.1
1975 949 831 39.6
1980 985 006 37.4
1985 1 005 128 34.8
1990 1 051 154 33.2
1995 1 100 976 32.1
2000 1 119 233 30.4
2005 1 101 985 28.1
2010 1 096 167 26.4
2015 1 099 853 25.2
2020 1 102 407 24.1
2025 1 089 177 23.0
2030 1 061 231 21.7
Asia
Population aged 15-64
Medium variant
1970-2030
Year (thousands) (%)
1970 1 196 429 55.8
1975 1 346 846 56.2
1980 1 530 022 58.1
1985 1 747 571 60.5
1990 1 960 802 61.9
1995 2 146 129 62.6
2000 2 344 557 63.7
2005 2 566 093 65.5
2010 2 770 188 66.8
2015 2 940 222 67.3
2020 3 065 922 67.1
2025 3 178 536 67.0
2030 3 261 682 66.7
Asia
Population aged 60+
Medium variant
1970-2030
Year (thousands) (%)
1970 139 407 6.5
1975 159 272 6.6
1980 181 507 6.9
1985 209 286 7.2
1990 242 240 7.6
1995 280 799 8.2
2000 322 161 8.8
2005 363 510 9.3
2010 420 933 10.1
2015 504 708 11.5
2020 591 507 12.9
2025 698 466 14.7
2030 821 752 16.8
Europe
Population aged 0-14
Medium variant
1970-2030
Year (thousands) (%)
1970 166 204 25.3
1975 160 351 23.7
1980 153 586 22.2
1985 150 110 21.3
1990 147 376 20.4
1995 139 840 19.2
2000 127 382 17.5
2005 113 833 15.7
2010 106 553 14.8
2015 103 323 14.5
2020 100 745 14.3
2025 98 297 14.1
2030 95 947 14.0
Europe
Population aged 15-64
Medium variant
1970-2030
Year (thousands) (%)
1970 421 072 64.2
1975 437 926 64.8
1980 453 351 65.5
1985 471 960 66.8
1990 482 220 66.8
1995 486 246 66.8
2000 493 426 67.8
2005 495 718 68.4
2010 495 853 68.9
2015 484 829 68.0
2020 468 532 66.4
2025 449 483 64.6
2030 429 920 62.7
Europe
Population aged 60+
Medium variant
1970-2030
Year (thousands) (%)
1970 101 397 15.5
1975 110 850 16.4
1980 111 035 16.0
1985 118 944 16.8
1990 131 693 18.3
1995 138 117 19.0
2000 147 408 20.2
2005 150 050 20.7
2010 159 049 22.1
2015 171 271 24.0
2020 184 862 26.2
2025 197 744 28.4
2030 207 043 30.2
Northern America
Population aged 0-14
Medium variant
1970-2030
Year (thousands) (%)
1970 66 127 28.5
1975 61 511 25.3
1980 57 507 22.5
1985 58 201 21.6
1990 61 433 21.7
1995 65 916 22.0
2000 68 083 21.6
2005 69 211 20.8
2010 69 885 20.1
2015 71 958 19.8
2020 74 221 19.6
2025 76 096 19.3
2030 77 132 18.9
Northern America
Population aged 15-64
Medium variant
1970-2030
Year (thousands) (%)
1970 143 418 61.8
1975 156 910 64.5
1980 170 293 66.5
1985 180 164 66.9
1990 187 767 66.2
1995 196 736 65.7
2000 208 931 66.1
2005 221 848 66.8
2010 233 107 67.0
2015 239 640 65.8
2020 244 047 64.3
2025 246 927 62.6
2030 250 551 61.5
Northern America
Population aged 60+
Medium variant
1970-2030
Year (thousands) (%)
1970 32 076 13.8
1975 35 475 14.6
1980 39 461 15.4
1985 43 352 16.1
1990 46 409 16.4
1995 48 317 16.1
2000 51 102 16.2
2005 55 762 16.8
2010 63 693 18.3
2015 73 604 20.2
2020 84 868 22.4
2025 95 068 24.1
2030 101 691 25.0
Oceania
Population aged 0-14
Medium variant
1970-2030
Year (thousands) (%)
1970 6 304 32.4
1975 6 740 31.3
1980 6 718 29.4
1985 6 916 28.0
1990 7 086 26.6
1995 7 652 26.5
2000 8 018 25.8
2005 8 194 24.8
2010 8 119 23.3
2015 8 061 22.0
2020 8 130 21.2
2025 8 309 20.8
2030 8 461 20.4
Oceania
Population aged 15-64
Medium variant
1970-2030
Year (thousands) (%)
1970 11 760 60.5
1975 13 241 61.4
1980 14 279 62.5
1985 15 692 63.6
1990 17 153 64.3
1995 18 498 64.0
2000 19 989 64.4
2005 21 480 65.1
2010 22 982 66.0
2015 24 136 66.0
2020 25 070 65.5
2025 25 773 64.5
2030 26 360 63.6
Oceania
Population aged 60+
Medium variant
1970-2030
Year (thousands) (%)
1970 2 046 10.5
1975 2 354 10.9
1980 2 645 11.6
1985 2 989 12.1
1990 3 428 12.8
1995 3 747 13.0
2000 4 117 13.3
2005 4 596 13.9
2010 5 342 15.3
2015 6 146 16.8
2020 7 046 18.4
2025 7 991 20.0
2030 8 784 21.2
Latin America and the Caribbean
Population aged 0-14
Medium variant
1970-2030
Year (thousands) (%)
1970 120 825 42.4
1975 132 850 41.3
1980 143 080 39.6
1985 152 487 38.0
1990 159 606 36.1
1995 163 864 34.1
2000 165 828 31.9
2005 166 368 29.8
2010 165 902 27.9
2015 164 585 26.2
2020 161 878 24.6
2025 158 350 23.1
2030 154 435 21.7
Latin America and the Caribbean
Population aged 15-64
Medium variant
1970-2030
Year (thousands) (%)
1970 152 065 53.4
1975 175 146 54.4
1980 202 202 55.9
1985 230 855 57.5
1990 261 079 59.1
1995 292 908 60.9
2000 325 918 62.6
2005 358 613 64.2
2010 389 612 65.5
2015 417 209 66.4
2020 441 013 66.9
2025 460 372 67.0
2030 474 561 66.7
Latin America and the Caribbean
Population aged 60+
Medium variant
1970-2030
Year (thousands) (%)
1970 18 319 6.4
1975 20 996 6.5
1980 23 862 6.6
1985 27 107 6.8
1990 31 273 7.1
1995 35 776 7.4
2000 41 583 8.0
2005 48 286 8.6
2010 57 138 9.6
2015 68 640 10.9
2020 82 364 12.5
2025 98 459 14.3
2030 115 008 16.2
Additional Links:
IDB Population Pyramids
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.html
Transitional stages:
http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/demtran2.jpg
World Population Bureau
http://www.prb.org/Template.cfm?Section=PRB&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&ContentID=8567
I hope this helps. If you have any qestions or if I've misunderstood
your question, please post a clarification request before rating my
answer.
Thank you,
hummer
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