Aging Population In Malaysia 2020

Henceforth malaysia is expected to continue to age rapidly and projected to become an aged society by 2044 it said in the report referring to the situation where more than 14 per cent of the population are aged 65 and above.

Aging population in malaysia 2020. The older population aged 65 years or over will take only 23 years to double from 7 percent in 2020 to 14 percent in 2043. We will become old before we become rich is how the director of the gerontechnology laboratory at monash university malaysia professor teh pei lei describes the dilemma. Projected increases between 1990 and 2020 in the number of aged persons in malaysia are l 01 million for males and l 20 for. Malaysia is heading into an ageing nation with the percentage of population aged 0 14 years decreasing to 23 3 compared to 23 5 in 2019 says the malaysian statistics department.

Malaysia is at risk of becoming an ageing population when 7 of the total population is aged 65 and above based on the definition set by the world health organisation. Between 2020 and 2046 malaysia s 65 population will double from 7 to 14 1 million 2 million 3 million 4 million 5 million source. Caring for aging parents. Aged 65 years and above in 2019 rising to 14 per cent by 2045.

All trends point towards a rapid demographic transition that is currently taking place as a silent epidemic. The ageing population is a consequence of dwindling fertility a plummet in mortality rates and advancements in. The world bank said malaysia will become an ageing society this year which means seven per cent or more of the country s population are aged 65 and above. Thus ageing in malaysia will see the proportion of population aged 70 increasing from 2 21 in 1990 to 3 5 in 2020 table iii.

Malaysia is at risk of becoming an ageing population when 7 of the total population is aged 65 and above based on the definition set by the world health organisation. Disproportion between the number of males to females also increases with ageing. As of 2017 the number of people aged 65 and above in malaysia was about two million or 6 3 of the total population. We have to start preparing now for the future as our country s aged population will further increase in tandem with the declining birth rate.

Malaysia s population is ageing. Figures by the department of statistics dosm indicated that there was 7 per cent of old people i e. Like many other developing countries in the region malaysia is ageing at lower levels of development.