Older people live in developed countries.
The fact is that developing countries especially in Asia and the Pacific region contains large number of older persons and a significant proportion of the world s older population. In 1995, the population aged 60 and over in Asia and the Pacific was estimated at 304 million, or 8.6 per cent of the region s total population. By 2025, the population of older persons will almost double to 603 million, accounting for more than 13 per cent of the total population of the region, of which 240 million will be more than 70 years of age. In term of the proportion of the world population of aged persons, the United Nations estimate in 1995 was that half of the world s older persons resided in Asia and the Pacific. By 2025, nearly three out of every five older persons will be in Asia and the pacific.