Aging Population In Malaysia Statistics

Malaysia is well on its way to becoming an ageing society by 2030 when it is projected that 15 per cent of its population will be 60 years old and above according to the department of statistics.

Aging population in malaysia statistics. Population ageing in malaysia. Kuala lumpur and w. In 2019 it was estimated that the share of the malaysian population aged over 65 years stood at 6 7 percent. A discussion of the prospects and the way forward for population ageing in malaysia is also presented.

The median age rose to 28 9 years from 28 6 years in 2018. Challenges in the new m illennium j t arokiasamy department of sodal preventive medicine faculty of medicine universiti malaya 50603 kuala lumpur the year 1999 has been declared the international year for older persons in recognition that the world. Asia s elderly population is projected to reach nearly 923 million by the middle of this century. August 10 2016 15 11 pm 08 a a.

Putrajaya with 100 per cent level in urbanisation the other states with high level of urbanisation were selangor and pulau pinang with 91 4 per cent and 90 8 per cent respectively chart 6. The increase in the composition of working age and the old age population contributed to the incline of the median age in 2019. Department of statistics malaysia 2014. As a result the region is on track in the next few decades to become one of the oldest in the world.

Governments in asia are generally poorly prepared for this vast change that will have wide social and economic consequences. 2015 population in malaysia by age group and ethnicity 2005 2015 2035 60 population reaches 15. It will focus on the trends of population ageing and the characteristics of the elderly in malaysia from five economic health social psycho spiritual environmental key domains. Mohd uzir mahidin chief statistician malaysia department of statistics malaysia druzir mahidin dr uzir.

Of population ageing issues and challenges in malaysia. Kuala lumpur aug 10.