elderly population
Society's older members
Elderly population refers collectively to older people within a group, region, or society—typically those over 65, though the threshold varies by context.
The term appears frequently in demographics, healthcare policy, and social planning: The elderly population is expected to double by 2050.
Programs serving the elderly population face funding shortfalls.
Distinguished from "aging population," which emphasizes the demographic shift rather than the current group.
- pensionsOngoing payments after employment
- geriatricsMedicine for the elderly
- old folksAged members of community
- silver tsunamiRapid population aging
- MedicareFederal senior health program
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- demographicsage distribution, gender ratio, ethnic groups, birth rate, census data
- demographybirth rate, death rate, demographics, fertility rate, mortality rate
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State of being immature
children · young people · adolescents · kids · teenagers
elderly populationlabor force
Employed and job-seeking population
workforce · taxpayers · wage earners · contributors · dependent children
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