Philippines moving toward aging population: POPCOM
The number of people aged 60 and above in the Philippines is expected to grow this year, latest projections from the Commission on Population (POPCOM) show.
The number of elderly Filipinos or those over 60 years old is projected to increase by 0.23 percent over 2017 and will most likely be over 8 million Filipino senior citizens by the end of the year, POPCOM said.
This will constitute 8.2 percent of the country’s total population. Of this figure, 5 million will be aged 65 and older or 4.7 percent of the country’s population.
