Our society is ageing

The European Union's publication Aging Europe - looking at the lives of older people in the EU3 states that at the beginning of 2018, 101.1 million people aged 65 and over lived in the EU-28, representing almost a fifth (19.7%).) of the total population of the Member States.

Over the next three decades, the number of older people in the European Union will reach 149.2 million, 28.5% of the total population. The number of centenarians (people aged 100 or over) is expected to grow from 106,000 in 2018 to 2050. half a million.

Demographic changes are also graphically visible in the age pyramids, which in the forecasts until 2050 lose the shape of the pyramids and approach the form of the pillar.

Over the next three decades, the number of older people in the European Union will reach 149.2 million.