South African Age-Sex Structure, 1996–2022: Is the Population Ageing?

The Statistics South Africa report South African Age-Sex Structure, 1996–2022: Is the Population Ageing? "used all the population censuses and adopted demographic measures to understand levels and trends of population dynamics, including population ageing in South Africa. Nationally, distribution patterns of the elderly population aged 60 years and above revealed an increase in size over the years. The increase was marked among women relative to men and among Indian/Asian and white population groups."