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Chart: the world's working-age population has peaked

The share of the global population that is working-age has peaked at 66% and is now on the decline. The share of the elderly is anticipated to almost double to 6% by 2050, while the global count of children is stabilizing at 2 billion.  Read more.
 


 


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Tariq Khokhar

Global Data Editor & Senior Data Scientist

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