Mexico is Getting Old: Rapidly Aging Population Creates Challenges The News
go to original October 7, 2013

MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s population is going through an accelerated and premature aging process, according to the National Statistics, Geography, and Information Institute (INEGI).

Last week, the INEGI reported that by 2036, 15 percent of Mexicans will be aged over 65, compared to only 6 percent in 2010.

INEGI’s National Study of Health and Aging in Mexico (ENASEM) indicated that, while Mexico will have taken 26 years to arrive at the point where 15 percent of its population is elderly, this process has been slower in other countries.

In a Monday press conference, University of Texas economics professor Rebecca Wong said that the United States took 69 years to go from 6 percent to 15 percent, which it achieved in 2013, while France took 115 years, concluding in 1980.

She explained that aging in Mexico creates challenges due to the country’s low level of social and economic development and high level of inequality, adding that the current elderly population (who were born in the first half of the preceding century) are survivors of high rates of infectious diseases.

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