Table 1.
Age-related demography in 2000 and projected changes in 10 major countries
| 2000 | Projections for 2025 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Population (millions) | Life expectancy at birth (years) | Total above 80 years of age (%) | Actual number of centenarians | Population (millions) | Life expectancy at birth (years) | Total above 80 years of age (%) | Actual number of centenarians | |
| USA | 282 | 76.6 | 3.3 | 51 000 | 350 | 80.5 | 4.5 | 327 000 | |
| Japan | 127 | 80.6 | 3.8 | 12 000 | 120 | 82.8 | 9.7 | 176 000 | |
| Germany | 82 | 78.1 | 3.7 | 7 000 | 81 | 81.2 | 7.8 | 76 000 | |
| UK | 60 | 77.8 | 4.0 | 10 000 | 64 | 81.1 | 5.6 | 56 000 | |
| France | 59 | 78.8 | 3.7 | 8 000 | 63 | 81.8 | 6.1 | 69 000 | |
| Italy | 58 | 79.1 | 4.0 | 5 000 | 56 | 81.9 | 7.9 | 73 000 | |
| China | 1269 | 71.4 | 0.9 | 9 000 | 1448 | 77.4 | 2.3 | 128 000 | |
| India | 1002 | 62.5 | 0.6 | 1362 | 70.9 | 1.2 | |||
| Indonesia | 224 | 68.0 | 0.4 | 300 | 75.0 | 1.5 | |||
| Brazil | 176 | 70.3 | 0.8 | 218 | 76.5 | 2.1 | |||
| Total for the 10 countries | 3339 | 1.33 | 4067 | 2.56 | |||||
Source: US Census Bureau, International Data Base, August 2004.