Population ageing

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres sought to promote a global pact on migrant flows at a UN conference in Morocco on Monday, saying developed countries needed more migration due to their declining birth rates and aging populations. 

The trend of increase in Bulgaria's life expectancy continues, according to the 2017 report for the implementation of the updated National Strategy for the Demographic Development of Bulgaria (2012-2030), the government press office said, reports Focus News Agency. 

Greece's aging population is seriously undermining the long-term growth prospects of the country's economy, official data suggest amid warnings by prominent economists. 

Greece's demographic crisis as demonstrated by a number of recent studies will undoubtedly have a significant impact on many vital sectors like the economy and defense.

There is a lot of talk about the problems that loom for Greece down the road, but very little - if anything at all - is being done to combat the effects of a shrinking and ageing population.

Greece's demographic time bomb is expected to go off in the next few years, causing turmoil in the economy and, consequently, the social security system that will be burdened to the tune of an estimated 37.3 billion euros by the increase in life expectancy, according to a new study.

Figures shows that the country's population grew to 82.8 million in 2017, more than 3 million higher than in the numbers announced in December 2016. Along with the population increase, marriage and divorce rates also rose in Turkey, Daily Sabah writes.

A new study released by the Berlin Institute for Population and Development suggests that Greece is set to lose up to 18 percent of its population by the middle of the century.

The number of blind people across the world is set to triple within the next four decades, researchers suggest, reported BBC.

Writing in Lancet Global Health, they predict cases will rise from 36 million to 115 million by 2050, if treatment is not improved by better funding.

A growing ageing population is behind the rising numbers.

The International Monetary Fund called on Asian economies to learn from Japan's experience and act early to cope with rapidly ageing populations, warning that parts of the region risk "getting old before becoming rich."

Earlier this month the Pew Research Centre released data from its Global Religious Futures project, which forecasts the changing size of eight major religions over the next half century. The study is based on demographic factors in 198 countries including fertility, age and life expectancy.