Turkey aging rapidly: statistics
STORY: Turkey aging rapidly: statistics
DATELINE: March 24, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:06
LOCATION: Ankara
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of street view in Turkey
2. various of elder people in Turkey
STORYLINE:
Official statistics from Turkey showed on Wednesday that the country's population is aging at an accelerated rate, with the elderly population increasing by 24 percent in the past five years.
According to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute, the elderly population over the age of 65 has accounted for 9.7 percent of the country's total population. Among them, the proportion of female elderly population is higher than that of males.
The agency predicts that the number of elderly people in Turkey could reach 11 percent in the next three years and exceed 16.3 percent by 2040.
The data show that Turkey's Black Sea region accounts for the highest proportion of the country's elderly population. Sinop province in the Black Sea region has had the highest proportion of elderly peopl
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