When young people ask me what will be the jobs of the future, my answer — contrary to the prevailing view in marketing circles — is simple: anything related to older people.
Indeed, a new report released Thursday by the World Health Organization (WHO) confirms that the world’s population is getting older, and will get much older over the next few decades. People are having fewer children, infant mortality has dropped dramatically and people across the world are living longer.
Worldwide, the number of people aged 60 and over will double by 2050. In Latin America, the population aged 60 and over will grow at an even faster pace: It will double by 2025, the report says.
The WHO study, titled “World Report on Ageing and Health, ” says that while there were 50 million people aged over 60 in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2006, the figure is expected to reach 100 million by 2025.
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