Countries are Aging

by John Goodman

Most of the developed countries in both Europe and East Asia will become veritable old-age homes: A third or more of their populations will be over 65, compared with only a fifth in America… Some 30 years ago, Russia…was considerably more populous than the U.S.  Today…Russia’s low birth and high mortality rates suggest that its population will drop to less than one-third that of the U.S. by 2050.