Postępy procesu starzenia się ludności Polski do roku 2000

Abstract

The article analyzes the demographic forecast in the area of the population's aging process in Poland. There are discussed in it the predicted changes in the number of the population aged 65 and more, and its structure according to sex, age, and the dwelling place (town-country). The analysis of the progressive process of the population’s aging as predicted for the future is preceded by the estimation of this phenomenon in the past, i.e. over the years 1950-1975. The entire analysis is closed with a comparison between the degree of progress in thé aging process of Poland's population and the predicted situation in other countries.