‘The quality of life of older people is terrible’, warns anthropologist about the new profile of the Brazilian population

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Data from the 2022 Census show that Brazil is increasingly older and the average age of the population has increased from 29 to 35 years. The quality of life of older people is terrible’, warns anthropologist New data from the 2022 Census released this Friday (27) by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) reveal that Brazil is older. The average age, which was 29 years old in 2010, increased to 35 in 2022. For anthropologist Mirian Goldenberg, this aging of the population requires care and changes in the profile of public administration. “We are living longer, but the quality of life of the elderly is terrible. There are no public policies, the families themselves are not prepared, there are no ways of taking care of these elderly people. So, I think Brazil still thinks it is a country of young people, and it is not. We have to start preparing now. In fact, we are already very late”, says the expert. READ ALSO: Without leaving home for a year, 97-year-old woman talks about loneliness in old age: ‘I miss a family’ Abandonment, loneliness and starting over: the stories of the elderly and those who fight for a more dignified old age Man is arrested for mistreatment in DF after turning his elderly father’s house into a recyclables warehouse; see PHOTOS of the location See the main highlights of the new 2022 Census data: g1 2022 Census: Older and more feminine Brazil The median age of Brazilians went from 29 years old (in 2010) to 35 years old (in 2022). This means that half of the population is under 35 years old, and the other half is older than that. In 2022, Brazil also recorded the biggest jump in aging between two censuses since 1940. In 2010, for every 30.7 elderly people (65 years old or over), the country had 100 young people up to 14 years old. Now, there are 55 elderly people for every 100 young people. In practice, the above data means that the country’s tendency is to have fewer and fewer young people and more and more elderly people. The evolution of the age pyramid makes this clear (see the graph below). The 2022 Census also shows that the female population has been increasing steadily in the country in recent decades. Today, women make up 51.5% of the 203 million Brazilians. There are approximately 104.5 million women and 98.5 million men (a difference of 6 million). In 2010, the country had 96.9 men for every 100 women. In 2022, there were 94.2 men for every 100 women. READ MORE: CALCULATOR: find out how many people your age are in your city Only four states in Brazil have more men than women; see ranking Santos and Salvador are the cities with the most women; Balbinos and Lavínia, in SP, the ones with the most men. RR is the state with the youngest in the country, and RS, with the oldest; search for your city Between 2010 and 2022, there was an increase in the median age in all regions of Brazil — but even so, there is great diversity between the ages of Brazilians within the country itself. The North is the youngest region: 25.2% of its population is under 14 years old. The region’s median age is also the lowest: 29 years old. In 2010, it was 24 years old. The Southeast and South are the oldest: around 12% of residents are 65 years old or over. In the Southeast, the average age is 37 years old (the highest in the country). In the South, it is 36. Median age of Brazilians In addition to the differences between regions, there is also great diversity between states: Roraima’s median age is just 26 years old, the lowest among all states and the Federal District . Its aging index is also the lowest: 17.4. The highest is Rio Grande do Sul: 38 years. The state also has the highest aging rate: 80.4. Median age by state The states with the highest proportion of elderly people are Rio Grande do Sul (14.1% of the population), Rio de Janeiro (13.1%) and Minas Gerais (12.4%). The states with the highest proportion of young people (up to 14 years old) are Roraima (29.2%), Amazonas (27.3%) and Amapá (27%). Age group by state As you can see above, two states stand out: Rio Grande do Sul (older) and Roraima (younger). According to IBGE, fertility rates in Rio Grande do Sul are low and have been falling for a long time. In 2010, the index was 1.7, compared to a national rate of 1.9. Furthermore, the 2022 Census shows that RS has a negative migration balance (that is, many more people leave to live elsewhere than arrive). Therefore, with fewer births and more people of working age leaving the state, aging accelerates. Roraima (like other states in the North) has higher fertility rates: 2.6. The IBGE states that this high indicator is closely linked to the large presence of indigenous populations in the state, as they tend to have higher fertility rates than other population groups. There is also a positive migration balance (with emphasis, in recent years, on the immigration of Venezuelans). READ MORE: Coqueiro Baixo (RS) is the city that has aged the most in the country; half of the population is over 53 years old Age pyramid: see the transformation of Brazilian society in 8 decades

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