The centenarian population will hit about 3.7 million in 2050
By Catey Hill | MarketWatch | April 21, 2016
If you see your 100th birthday, you'll soon be in good company.
The number of centenarians will grow from about 451,000 in 2015 to about 3,676,000 in 2050, according to a report released Thursday by the Washington D.C.-based think tank Pew Research Center (http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/04/21/worlds-centenarian-population-projected-to-grow-eightfold-by-2050/). This means that while last year there were just 7.4 centenarians per every 10,000 adults ages 65 and up, in 2050 there will be 23.6.
This continues a trend that's been going on for at least a decade. From 1990 to 2015, the population of people age 100 and up grew fourfold.
There are a number of reasons older people are living longer, including improvements in public health, nutrition and medicine. But despite that, it's unlikely that most of us will live until we're 100. The average life expectancy around the world is roughly 71 years old, according to the World Health Organization; in the U.S., it's nearly 80.
10 countries with the highest life expectancy
1. Monaco, 89.52
2. Japan, 84.74
3. Singapore, 84.68
4. Macau, 84.51
5. San Marino, 83.24
6. Iceland, 82.97
7. Hong Kong, 82.86
8. Andorra, 82.72
9. Switzerland, 82.50
10. Guernsey, 82.47
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