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From: Towards universal health coverage in the context of population ageing: a narrative review on the implications from the long-term care system in Japan

Fig. 2

Actual and projected trends of old-age dependency ratio in the WHO Western Pacific region. Note: Old-age dependency ratio denotes the ratio between the population aged 65 or over and the working-age populations (15–64-year-olds); 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), and Viet Nam (VNM), and Wallis and Futuna (WLF). The data were obtained from the World Population Prospects 2022 [8]

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