"Number of people aged over 65 expected to hit 1bn by 2030"

"The global fertility rate has more than halved since the 1950s to 2.3 births per woman. With mortality also falling, the number of people aged 65 and over is expected to rise from 783mn in 2022 to 1bn by 2030 and reach 1.4bn by 2043, the UN population data revealed."

Valentina Romei and Alan Smith