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Papers in Population Ageing No.5

Papers in Population Ageing No.5

Publisher

UNFPA

Number of pages

76

Author

UNFPA

Publication

Papers in Population Ageing No.5

Publication date

01 January 2008

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This report focuses on the rapid demographic change that has taken place in Thailand during the last three to four decades, leading to the country becoming the most 'aged' in South East Asia – next only to Singapore. This is explained by the significant declines in fertility (from 6.4 to 1.8) and improvements in longevity (from 52 to 71 years) during the second half of the 20th century.
 
Thailand is fully aware of these consequences and has formulated policy measures to address them. However, given the speed of population ageing,  more  policies and programmes are needed to be done in the years ahead.