Report predicts China to have 480 mln elderly by 2050
2050年中國老人數量將達4.8億
China's national committee on ageing has issued its first blue paper, which says that the country is in the initial stage of becoming an aged society.
中國老齡科學研究中心編寫公布的第一份藍皮書稱中國正處在老齡社會的初級階段,
The paper says China currently has over 200 million elderly.
并且表示中國目前有2億多老人。
It predicts that number will grow to a staggering 480 million by 2050.
該報告預測到2050年這一數字會增長至驚人的4.8億。
That will represent a fourth of the world's estimated 2 billion senior citizens for that period in time.
屆時中國老人將占全球約20億老人中的四分之一。
Within that Chinese group of elderly, there will be 30 million more women than men.
在中國的老年人群中,女性的數量將比男性多3000萬。
The number of seniors aged above 80 is growing by one million every year.
年齡超過80歲的老人數量將以每年一百萬的速度增長。
By 2020, there will be an estimated 46 million disabled elders in China.
到2020年,中國將有4600萬生活無法自理的老年人。
The peak will hit in 2053, when the disabled elders will number over 100 million.
而2053 年將迎來最高峰,屆時無法自理的老人數量將超過一億。