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This report was prepared by the Population Division as a contribution to the 2002 World Assembly on Ageing and its follow-up.  The report provides a description of global trends in population ageing and includes a series of indicators of the ageing process by development regions, major areas, regions and countries.  The report shows that: 1) Population ageing is unprecedented, without parallel in human history—and the twenty-first century will witness even more rapid ageing than did the century just past. 2) Population ageing is pervasive, a global phenomenon affecting every man, woman and child—but countries are at very different stages of the process, and the pace of change differs greatly.  Countries that started the process later will have less time to adjust. 3) Population ageing is enduring:  we will not return to the young populations that our ancestors knew. And, 4)Population ageing has profound implications for many facets of human life.

"This report was prepared by the Population Division as a contribution to the 2002 World Assembly on Ageing and its follow-up.  The report provides a description of global trends in population ageing and includes a series of indicators of the ageing process by development regions, major areas, regions and countries.  The report shows that:

Population ageing is unprecedented, without parallel in human history—and the twenty-first century will witness even more rapid ageing than did the century just past.

Population ageing is pervasive, a global phenomenon affecting every man, woman and child—but countries are at very different stages of the process, and the pace of change differs greatly.  Countries that started the process later will have less time to adjust.

Population ageing is enduring:  we will not return to the young populations that our ancestors knew. 

Population ageing has profound implications for many facets of human life."

Great (and long) post about how and why universal design is better positioned now than at any time in the past to succeed and become mainstream. Points include:

• Reason 1. World demographics are changing.
• Reason 2: World economies are changing.
• Reason 3: More societies throughout the world are valuing human diversity.
• Reason 4: Social sustainability is a natural part of the environmental sustainability movement.
• Reason 5: Attitudes about consumption are changing.
• Reason 6: Major corporations are developing ad campaigns that foster ease of use and inclusion.
• Reason 7: Mass customization is making it easier to develop universally designed solutions.
• Reason 8: Digital technologies are augmenting or eliminating static solutions to dynamic conditions.
• Reason 9: Design that works for everyone is starting to make sense to government officials at the local, regional, national, and global levels."