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World Senior Citizen Day - August 21
August 23 , 2022
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- It is also known as National Senior Citizens’ Day in the United States (US).
- Its intent is to highlight the contributions of elderly people in human society and honour them.
- This day has its roots back in the August 19, 1988 proclamation by the then US President, Ronald Reagan.
- The elderly population is projected to reach more than 1.5 billion by 2050.
- This rise will be prominently seen in East Asia and South-East Asia.
- Less developed nations will host more than two-thirds of the planet’s elderly people by 2050.
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