Armenia, just as all of Europe, is facing the issue of decreasing and aging population, however the improvement of people’s education quality can help to overcome the demographic challenges. In the European countries this is one of the fundamental principles of fighting aging of the nation, discussed last week in Geneva during the United Nations’ “Enabling Choices: Population Priorities for the 21st Century” conference.
More than 400 participants of the regional conference from 44 countries, discussed with world-known experts the demographic, reproductive health and human rights issues in Europe and Central Asia.
Among the aging nations Armenia is one of the leading countries in the region in that respect.
If now people aged 60 and older make 14 percent of the country’s total population, which is already a heavy social burden for the state, by 2050 their expected share will be more than 31 percent. Azerbaijan has 8 percent pensioners as of this moment and by 2050 will have 25, however its population will keep growing, rather than decreasing, and is expected to reach 11 million.
“Aging in Armenia is the inevitable consequence of low birth rate and high rate of emigration, which will make us face serious economic issues, and because the length of life has increased, steps should be taken to make sure that the elderly are at the extent possible integrated in the economic activities of the society,” United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Armenia Assistant Representative Garik Hayrapetyan told ArmeniaNow.
International research centers have been studying new methods of fighting the aggravating aging issue, because even large-scale investment cannot seriously improve the birth rates, hence the solution seems to be extending the potential and the experience of the elderly, rather than having them retire early.
Read more: Aging Concerns in Armenia on World Population Day - Society | ArmeniaNow.com
More than 400 participants of the regional conference from 44 countries, discussed with world-known experts the demographic, reproductive health and human rights issues in Europe and Central Asia.
Among the aging nations Armenia is one of the leading countries in the region in that respect.
If now people aged 60 and older make 14 percent of the country’s total population, which is already a heavy social burden for the state, by 2050 their expected share will be more than 31 percent. Azerbaijan has 8 percent pensioners as of this moment and by 2050 will have 25, however its population will keep growing, rather than decreasing, and is expected to reach 11 million.
“Aging in Armenia is the inevitable consequence of low birth rate and high rate of emigration, which will make us face serious economic issues, and because the length of life has increased, steps should be taken to make sure that the elderly are at the extent possible integrated in the economic activities of the society,” United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Armenia Assistant Representative Garik Hayrapetyan told ArmeniaNow.
International research centers have been studying new methods of fighting the aggravating aging issue, because even large-scale investment cannot seriously improve the birth rates, hence the solution seems to be extending the potential and the experience of the elderly, rather than having them retire early.
Read more: Aging Concerns in Armenia on World Population Day - Society | ArmeniaNow.com
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