Ageing and Longevity in Czechia and other European Countries

Abstract

In economically developed countries life expectancy has been permanently growing in last decades and according to all population projections it is expected to grow until the end of the present century. Long life has become a reality for more and more people. The paper presents an analysis of the population ageing and increasing longevity in Czechia and other countries of the European Union up to now and also the overview of expected development until 2080 according to the population projection presented by Eurostat in 2015. The development will be analyzed by several indicators of population ageing and longevity, e.g. average and median age, proportion of seniors and the oldest-old persons, old-age dependency ratio, index of ageing, index of longevity and other indexes of the population age structure. Not only the development of indicators in individual countries in the period investigated, but also differences between countries in selected years will be presented.