The Worldwide Spatial Diversity in Population Ageing

The ageing of populations is a currently global process which occurs in almost all regions of the world, although it is uneven in different countries. Doubtlessly, the changes in demographic behaviours observed at present contribute to the growing thereof, yet the process itself started much earlier. The work analyses statistical data and confirms that the most intense demographic ageing has been occurring for half a century in Europe. However, it needs to be mentioned that the dynamics of population ageing in Europe ever since the 1990s has been lower than in Central and South America or Asia which signifies the spreading of this phenomenon onto other continents. The main purpose of this work was to present the spatial diversity of population ageing in the world, sorted by continents and countries.