Fig. 1

Actual and projected trends of ageing rate in the WHO Western Pacific region. Note: The ageing rate denotes the percentage of people age 65 or older among the total population; Countries included here are American Samoa (ASM), Australia (AUS), Brunei Darussalam (BRN), Cambodia (KHM), China (CHN), Hong Kong SAR (HKG), Macao SAR (MAC), Cook Islands (COK), Fiji (FJI), French Polynesia (PYF), Guam (GUM), Japan (JPN), Kiribati (KIR), Lao People’s Democratic Republic (LAO), Malaysia (MYS), Marshall Islands (MHL), The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Mongolia (MNG), Nauru (NRU), New Caledonia (NCL), New Zealand (NZL), Niue (NIU), Northern Mariana Islands (MKD), Palau (PLW), Papua New Guinea (PNG), Philippines (PHL), Republic of Korea (KOR), Samoa (WSM), Singapore (SGP), Solomon Islands (SLB), Tokelau (TKL), Tonga (TON), Tuvalu (TUV), Vanuatu (VUT), Viet Nam (VNM), and Wallis and Futuna (WLF). The data were obtained from the World Population Prospects 2022 [8]