Chennai: The population of those with over 60 years in India has increased continuously since 1961 and touched 13.8 crores in 2021.
It grew faster since 1981 due to a decrease in mortality, NSO).
Between 2011 and 2021, the general population rose 12.4% while the elderly population had increased by 35.8%.
In accordance with NSO projections, when the general population rose 8.4% between 2021 and 2031, the elderly population would increase by 40.5%.
“Data on the elderly population of 21 major countries leaked that Kerala had a maximum proportion of elderly people in its population (16.5%) followed by Tamil Nadu (13.6%), Himachal Pradesh (13.1%), Punjab (12, 6%) and Andhra Pradesh (12.4%) in 2021.
Instead, their proportion was the least in Bihar (7.7%) followed by up (8.1%) and Assam (8.2%).
“This also stated that for 2031, the maximum proportion of elderly people in the population was projected in the state of Kerala (20.9%) followed by Tamil Nadu (18.2%), Himachal Pradesh (17.1%), and Punjab ( 16.2%).
“The study said that the elderly men lost the number of women over the past two decades (until 2021).
But elderly women will exceed the number of elderly men in 2031.