13% is actually higher than i thought. but, that number has been rising very quickly, too. it was 9% five years ago, which can give you a rough bound for the population over 70. and it was barely 5% fifteen years ago, which gives you a rough bound for the population over 80.

i know that movies like the old asian ku fung guy as a stereotype, but the reality is that there would be almost nobody in china over the age of 90. life expectancy was under fifty a mere few decades ago.

so, i keep saying this - china has made a lot of progress, but it's still china. and, you have to understand what that means, just how far they had to come to get to where they are.

apparently, only 6% of the population in india today is over 65, meaning the number of very old people is very, very small. again - i know that hollywood likes the old yogi stereotype. it's not real.....life there is nasty, brutish and short, still. and, it'll be quite a while before that changes.

these are numbers for european countries:

i've made my point, i think.