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2.1 billion people aged 60+ by 2050. Who will care?

The world will be short of 11.1 million health workers by 2030. How health systems and long-term care use AI and robotics to give time back to care.

2.1 billion people aged 60+ by 2050. Who will care?
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GOOD AI PRISM · THEME STUDY 2026/27 · CARE · GLOBAL EDITION

2.1 billion people aged 60+ by 2050. Who will care?

The world will be short of 11.1 million health workers by 2030. How health systems and long-term care use AI and robotics to give time back to care.

20201 billion20502.1bn

2.1bn

people aged 60+ worldwide by 2050, up from 1 billion in 2020

Source · WHO

BASE2.7×

2.7×

growth of the world's population aged 80+ by 2050

Source · UN WPP 2024

KMBNTN

11.1m

health workers short worldwide by 2030

Source · WHO

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