Comparative Study on Population Ageing Between China and Asian Countries

Compared with developed countries,the main characteristics of population ageing in China have been regarded as a rapid ageing society.However,China and other Asian countries have been experiencing the demographic transition simultaneously,it is better to understand the characteristics of population ageing in China when compared with other Asian countries.Using the latest UN data,this paper compares the percentage of elderly population,the speed of ageing and the size of aged population among China and other Asian countries.The result indicates that China has a relatively high percentage of aged population,relatively rapid ageing population and will keep the largest size of aged population of the world in the next 60 years.