To accompany our article on longevity, we provide the numbers on Malaysia's ageing population.While many of us are concerned about death and old age, survivability in old age might be a more pressing matter, economically. Here are the numbers on Malaysia’s ageing population, its finances, and in relation to selected countries in Asia.Figure 1 shows the comparison of the population compositions of specific age groups in Malaysia, Japan, China and Singapore.With regard to Japan’s population, more than a quarter consists...
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