New UN Report finding:

Over 60 year old will reach 4.1 m mark in 2026

The population of the over-sixty year old in Sri Lanka is expected to grow from 1.7 million in 2001 to 4.1 million in 2026, which is a 141 percent increase during a 25 year period.

An important age-sex characteristic of the Sri Lankan population is feminization of the over-sixty year old population. According to findings in a new UN Report, the population of the over-60 year old is expected to reach one billion within the decade.

A release issued by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) states that by 2050, 80 percent of the world’s older people will live in developing countries and that 60 percent of the population will be larger than the under 15 population in 2050.