{"id":25820,"date":"2015-05-11T16:03:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T15:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/?p=25820"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:50:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:50:24","slug":"the-ageing-population-of-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/the-ageing-population-of-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"The ageing population of Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>European Studies proposes a short video to\u00a0sum up\u00a0the ageing phenomenon at the <strong>European Union<\/strong> scale. <strong>Europeans have fewer children and live longer<\/strong>. How can Europe face the challenges of an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/intergenerational-a-retirement-house-in-the-netherlands-proposes-free-accommodation-for-young-students\/3125404\">ageing population<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Even the biggest economy in Europe, <strong>Germany<\/strong>, is facing this issue: it is indeed the country with the highest percentage of old people, along with <strong>Italy<\/strong>.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Capture.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25825\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Capture.png\" alt=\"Capture\" width=\"581\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Capture.png 581w, https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Capture-300x65.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Today, the European median age is 41, in 2050 it will be 52. Meanwhile, <strong>Japan<\/strong> has the world\u2019s oldest population, with an average age of 45 and it will be 53 in 2050.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y5VouMgsqO8\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Studies proposes a short video to\u00a0sum up\u00a0the ageing phenomenon at the European Union scale. Europeans have fewer children and live longer. How can Europe face the challenges of an ageing population? Even the biggest economy in Europe, Germany, is facing this issue: it is indeed the country with the highest percentage of old people, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":25825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-une"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Capture.png",581,126,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Capture-150x126.png",150,126,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Capture-300x65.png",300,65,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Capture.png",581,126,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Capture.png",581,126,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Capture.png",581,126,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Capture.png",581,126,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"SilverEconomy","author_link":"https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/author\/enredac26\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"European Studies proposes a short video to\u00a0sum up\u00a0the ageing phenomenon at the European Union scale. 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