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earlier this month, wang xiaoping, minister of human resources and social security, introduced at a press conference that in 2023, my country's population aged 60 and above will be 297 million, accounting for 21.1% of the total population; the population aged 65 and above will exceed 217 million, accounting for 15.4%, and the aging trend is obvious.

the reporter from the paper noticed that many provinces have recently announced the size of their elderly population by the end of 2023.

for example, according to a previous report by the paper, jiangsu is one of the provinces with the earliest, fastest and most severe population aging in the country. by the end of 2023, the average life expectancy in jiangsu has reached 79.7 years. the number of elderly people over 60 years old in the province has reached 20.89 million, accounting for 24.5% of the permanent population, 3.4 percentage points higher than the national average. it is estimated that by the end of next year, the number of people over 60 years old in jiangsu will exceed 22 million.

in april this year, the chongqing municipal bureau of statistics responded to netizens' letters regarding "elderly population statistics" and mentioned: at the end of 2023, the number of elderly people aged 60 and above in chongqing was 7.6594 million, accounting for 24.00%, and the number of elderly people aged 65 and above was 6.0350 million, accounting for 18.91%.

on the afternoon of may 11 this year, the information office of the shandong provincial government held a press conference to introduce the situation of strengthening basic livelihood security and promoting common prosperity. at the press conference, it was introduced that shandong is a province with a large elderly population. by the end of 2023, the province will have a population of 23.91 million over the age of 60, accounting for 23.62%. the number of elderly people ranks first in the country, and it shows the characteristics of large total number, fast growth rate and aging.

on july 24 this year, the information office of the hubei provincial government held a press conference to introduce the development of hubei's aging industry. by the end of 2023, hubei's permanent population will be 58.38 million, of which 13.78 million will be aged 60 and above, accounting for 23.6%.

in august this year, the zhejiang provincial office of aging released the "statistical bulletin on the elderly population and aging affairs in zhejiang province in 2023".

according to registered population statistics, at the end of 2023, the province of zhejiang had 13.394 million elderly people aged 60 and above, accounting for 26.17% of the total population, an increase of 749,500 people from the same period last year, a year-on-year increase of 5.93%; the province had 9.7606 million elderly people aged 65 and above, accounting for 19.06% of the total population, an increase of 307,400 people from the same period last year, a year-on-year increase of 3.25%.

according to permanent population statistics, by the end of 2023, the number of permanent elderly people aged 60 and above in zhejiang province was 14.24 million, accounting for 21.48% of the total population, an increase of 950,000 people over the same period last year, a year-on-year increase of 7.15%. the number of permanent elderly people aged 65 and above was 10.21 million, accounting for 15.41% of the total population, an increase of 400,000 people over the same period last year, a year-on-year increase of 4.08%.

overall, the aging level of the registered population in zhejiang province is 4.69 percentage points higher than that of the permanent population.

according to a report from the gansu provincial health commission on september 18, in 2023, there will be 4.7002 million permanent residents in gansu province aged 60 and above, accounting for 19.06% of the total population; there will be 3.3648 million people aged 65 and above, accounting for 13.65% of the total population.