Current UK Population

• Over 20 million of the population are aged 50 years and over.
• More than a million people are aged 85 or over.
• More than 11 million are over retirement age (65 for men and 60 for women). This is 18.5% of the total UK population.
• Women over 90 outnumber men by about three to one.
• Between 2003 and 2004, the over 80s accounted for over 10% of the increase in the total population.
• The biggest contribution to this increase was amongst men in their 80s and women in their 90s.