[[File:Aging East Asian population.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px|An elderly man in Beijing, China.
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CNBC reported in 2015: "36 percent of the world's population over 65 currently live in East Asia. That's 211 million people and it is projected to rise over time."<ref name="cnbc.com">[https://www.cnbc.com/2015/12/08/east-asia-could-be-in-trouble-due-to-aging-population-world-bank-says.html Here's why East Asia could be in big trouble], CNBC</ref>]]
''See also:'' [[Desecularization and aging populations]] and [[Global atheism and aging populations]]
''See also:'' [[Desecularization and aging populations]] and [[Global atheism and aging populations]]