STATISTICS

• 2011: Those born at the beginning of the baby boom will be 65.

• There are 600 million people in the world who are aged 60 years or older and that number is expected to reach 2 billion by 2050.

• By 2050, people over the age of 60 are expected to account for 21% of the 8.9 billion people in the world. They represented just 10% in 2000.