The population of the world has huge social and economic importance, when the proportion of the global population over 65 outnumbers children under 5 for the first time. New reports by the USA bureau shows A __________, with great consequences for rich and poor nations.

• a huge shift towards an ageing population
• the change is due to
• as proportions of older people increase in most countries
• while patterns of work and retirement will have huge implications
• which recently replaced Italy as the world’s oldest major country
• the alarm about these changes
• which shows the balance between working-age people and the older