AND POL 38,217,000

POLAND
country’s total population (2013) 2
38,217,000
eighty
WOMEN, 60+
MEN, 60+
percentage (%) currently married 1
forty
one
Photo credit: Adam Jones, Ph. D. – Global Photo
Archive
Photo credit: Adam Jones, Ph. D. – Global Photo
Archive
“Older women are more likely to live in poverty (22 percent in
2008, compared to 16 percent of older men) in the Economic
Commission for Europe”
—Help Age
7,830
million
2050
2012
number of older adults aged 60+ 1
12,322
million
“The recent global economic crisis has raised questions about
the sustainability of social security systems …This has led to an
increase in poverty, unemployment and social exclusion,
making it more important to provide sustainable old-age
security, health care and long-term care systems.” —Help Age
percentage (%) of total population aged 60+1
20.4 35.3
IN 2012
IN 2050
men
72
women 81
AT AGE
60
AT
BIRTH
LIFE
EXPECTANCY (2010–2015)
Poster prepared by: SHAUNA ZINNICK, COMMUNITY HEALTH SCIENCES, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2
Poster design: Rachel Ines, Centre on Aging, University of Manitoba
References
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) & HelpAge International. (2012). Ageing in the Twenty-First
Century: A Celebration and A Challenge. New York, USA; London, UK.
2 United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. (2013). Profiles of Ageing 2013.
www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/dataset/urban/profilesOfAgeing2013.shtml
1 United
Photo credits
Adam Jones, Ph.D.—Global Photo Archive, Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0
men
18
women 23