MALTA: The Age of Ageing
The Malta Independent reported on 14 February that the International Institute on Ageing, United Nations, Malta (INIA), in collaboration with the UNFPA, began the 21st International Training Programme on Social Gerontology, which was to continue through 25 February. The first quarter of the 21st century has often been called the age of ageing. It is a well-known fact that the world’s elderly population is increasing by one million persons every month. In 1985, there were 427 million persons aged 60 and over constituting 8.8 per cent of the world’s population. It is projected that by the year 2025, 14.3 per cent of the world’s population will be aged 60 and above. This number is expected to increase to two billion by the year 2050. Read: The Malta Independent