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More than half of world population growth to 2060, about 1.148 billion people, will come from the 65-and-over population. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: By 2060, U.S. Population Will Be Younger Than Almost Half the World's Countries Despite Continued Growth of Older Adults (census.gov) · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:9e2c83963233ea0d409f70a379fec203a16ef49e08b492735257caa2ccded818

The world population passed 8 billion in 2023 and is expected to grow by more than 2 billion by 2060. More than half that growth -- about 1.148 billion people -- will likely come from increases in the population age 65 and over.