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Population Ageing in Asia-Pacific: challenges and opportunitiesSabine Henning, Ph.D.ChiefSustainable Demographic Transition SectionSocial Development Division

Workshop on “Using ICTs to support older persons in managing chronic disease”Phnom Penh, 23 April 2019

Older persons: many faces of one of the major achievements of development

Population ageing: a major achievement of development (total fertility and life expectancy at birth, world, 1950-2050)

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Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2017). World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision - Special Aggregates, DVD Edition; United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2017).

Population ageing: facts and figures (1)(total number of older persons, regions of the world, 1950-2050)


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The speed of population ageing is rapid in countries in Asia-Pacific (number of years required or expected for percent of population aged 65 or over to rise from 7 to 14 per cent)

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2017). World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision - Special Aggregates, DVD Edition; United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2017) and US Census Bureau (2009). An Ageing World: 2008.

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Women comprise the majority of older persons, Asia-Pacific, 2019 (percentage of older men and women in the total population by age group)


• more likely to live alone• less likely to have an

income, own property, have a pension

• facing problems accessing services (health, housing etc.)

• more likely to be subject to neglect and abuse

Older women are ….

Population ageing: a major achievement of development – Cambodia (total fertility, 1950-2050)

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Population ageing: a major achievement of development – Cambodia (life expectancy at birth,1950-2050)

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Population age structure (65+): Cambodia – Asia, 1950, 2017, 2030, 2050

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Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA)

Global guiding document on population ageingPriority direction:

A. Older persons and development;

B. Advancing health and well-being into old age;

C. Ensuring enabling and supportive environments.

•The 2030 Agenda is a holistic agenda - emphasizing the need to leave no-one behind •MIPAA and the 2030 Agenda are complimentary -MIPAA provides a more detailed action plan and will support the 2030 Agenda

MIPAA and 2030 Agenda

• Supporting MIPAA review• Population ageing an ICTs• Capacity-building on

measuring population ageing• Active ageing index• Capacity-building on

pensions• Research and analysis on

levels and trends in population ageing

• Etc.

What ESCAP is doing …

Population ageing agenda is an agenda for all generations

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