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The top 20 countries with the largest percentage of older adults and with the largest number of older adults.

The coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe in 2020 will have long-term and widespread effects on the U.S. economy and labor force.

This global health crisis combines with the climate crisis to exacerbate existing inequalities that overwhelmingly affect vulnerable populations, such as women, youth, those living in poverty, and rural and indigenous communities.

People with lower levels of education, the oldest old, women, and racial and ethnic minorities are at greater risk of dementia.

Areas with the oldest populations are likely at risk of higher rates of severe illness or death from COVID-19 than those with younger populations.

Our Population Bulletin, “Aging in the United States,” examines recent trends and disparities among adults ages 65 and older, and how baby boomers born between 1946 and 1964 are reshaping America’s older population