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MacauBusiness.com notes: "The [[World Health Organization]] defines a country as having an “ageing society” when the proportion of people aged 65 or more is between 7 and 14 per cent of the total population; as having an “aged society” if this proportion is between 15 and 20 per cent; and as having a “super-” or “hyper-aged society” when this proportion is 21 per cent or higher."<ref>[https://www.macaubusiness.com/special-report-2031-the-hyper-aging-society-scenario/ Special Report – 2031: The hyper-aging society scenario], MacauBusiness.com, 2021</ref>  

MacauBusiness.com notes: "The [[World Health Organization]] defines a country as having an “ageing society” when the proportion of people aged 65 or more is between 7 and 14 per cent of the total population; as having an “aged society” if this proportion is between 15 and 20 per cent; and as having a “super-” or “hyper-aged society” when this proportion is 21 per cent or higher."<ref>[https://www.macaubusiness.com/special-report-2031-the-hyper-aging-society-scenario/ Special Report – 2031: The hyper-aging society scenario], MacauBusiness.com, 2021</ref>  

According to the New Zealand government: "By 2030, it is expected that 19–21 percent of New Zealanders will be aged 65+, compared with 16 percent in 2020. By 2048, this proportion is expected to reach 21–26 percent, and reach 24–34 percent by 2073."<ref>[https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/national-population-projections-2020base2073 National population projections: 2020(base)–2073], www.stats.govt.nz website</ref>

According to the New Zealand government: "By 2030, it is expected that 19–21 percent of New Zealanders will be aged 65+, compared with 16 percent in 2020. By 2048, this proportion is expected to reach 21–26 percent, and reach 24–34 percent by 2073."<ref>[https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/national-population-projections-2020base2073 National population projections: 2020(base)–2073], www.stats.govt.nz website</ref> Japan, which has the highest percentage of individuals above 65 years old, had 28.2 percent of its population above 65 years old in 2019.<ref>[https://www.prb.org/resources/countries-with-the-oldest-populations-in-the-world/ Countries With the Oldest Populations in the World], Population Reference Bureau: Sources: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects 2019, https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/Population/, and Toshiko Kaneda, Charlotte Greenbaum, and Kaitlyn Patierno, 2019 World Population Data Sheet (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, 2019).</ref>

The 2022 journal article ''A “death-laden society”: The next stage of a hyper-aged Japan and health challenges ahead'' published in the ''Aging and Health Research'' journal indicated about aging "death laden" societies: "A death-laden society is when the whole society, including younger people, are overwhelmed with the burdens of the ballooning deaths of those in advanced age at a scale unparalleled in history."<ref>[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667032122000567#:~:text=Preceding%20the%20rest%20of%20the%20world%2C%20in%202007%20Japan%20became,or%20older2%20%5B1%5D.  ''A “death-laden society”: The next stage of a hyper-aged Japan and health challenges ahead''] by Masa Higo, ''Aging and Health Research''

The 2022 journal article ''A “death-laden society”: The next stage of a hyper-aged Japan and health challenges ahead'' published in the ''Aging and Health Research'' journal indicated about aging "death laden" societies: "A death-laden society is when the whole society, including younger people, are overwhelmed with the burdens of the ballooning deaths of those in advanced age at a scale unparalleled in history."<ref>[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667032122000567#:~:text=Preceding%20the%20rest%20of%20the%20world%2C%20in%202007%20Japan%20became,or%20older2%20%5B1%5D.  ''A “death-laden society”: The next stage of a hyper-aged Japan and health challenges ahead''] by Masa Higo, ''Aging and Health Research''

Another problem is that migrants themselves get older, which adds to structural ageing. Maintaining a balance would require an exponential increase in migrant numbers over time. Councils can try to encourage residents of other areas to relocate, but many communities will be in the same position – they’ll be competing with each other for a dwindling proportion of younger people.<ref>[https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/24-11-2022/welcome-to-the-hyper-ageing-nation-that-is-new-zealand ''Welcome to the hyper-ageing nation that is New Zealand''] by Charlie Mitchell, November 24, 2022, The Spinoff (origininally appeared in Stuff.NZ.CO)</ref>}}

Another problem is that migrants themselves get older, which adds to structural ageing. Maintaining a balance would require an exponential increase in migrant numbers over time. Councils can try to encourage residents of other areas to relocate, but many communities will be in the same position – they’ll be competing with each other for a dwindling proportion of younger people.<ref>[https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/24-11-2022/welcome-to-the-hyper-ageing-nation-that-is-new-zealand ''Welcome to the hyper-ageing nation that is New Zealand''] by Charlie Mitchell, November 24, 2022, The Spinoff (origininally appeared in Stuff.NZ.CO)</ref>}}

As far as the potential economic effects of hyper-aging areas of New Zealand, ''Wired'' magazine's article on hyper-aging areas indicates:

As far as the potential economic effects of hyper-aging areas of New Zealand, ''Wired'' magazine's article on hyper-aging areas indicates concerning Japan:

{{Cquote|There are an estimated eight million ghost houses in Japan. With such plentiful supply we might expect a slump, in which prices tumble, but something new and extreme happens: in a vanishing village there is no price, however low, at which people will buy. The market is not depressed, but frozen. This chill goes further than economics: when a town is disappearing, local politics becomes pointless: across Japan, one-fifth of seats in the 2015 local elections went uncontested.

{{Cquote|There are an estimated eight million ghost houses in Japan. With such plentiful supply we might expect a slump, in which prices tumble, but something new and extreme happens: in a vanishing village there is no price, however low, at which people will buy. The market is not depressed, but frozen. This chill goes further than economics: when a town is disappearing, local politics becomes pointless: across Japan, one-fifth of seats in the 2015 local elections went uncontested.