Elderly Population Eclipses Young Children for 1st Time in History: Census Bureau

The worldwide population of older adults has eclipsed that of younger children, the U.S. Census Bureau said in a new report. The percentage of the global population that is people aged 65 and older by 2025 climbed above the percentage of people aged zero to 5, Census Bureau and Australian National University demographers said in the report, released on Aug. 31. “This is the first time this ‘crossing’ of the youngest and oldest age groups has happened in human history and is projected to drastically widen in the coming years,” the demographers said. That’s one of the markers of an...