Seoul, Dec 27 || A presidential committee on ageing society and population on Friday said the government will come up with a demographic policy blueprint in the near future, as South Korea has formally become a "super-aged" society.
The remark came after the government data showed the number of South Koreans aged 65 or older stood at 10.24 million, accounting for 20 per cent of the country's total population of 51.22 million, news agency reported.
The United Nations classifies countries where more than 7 per cent of the population is 65 or older as an aging society, those with over 14 per cent as an aged society, and those with more than 20 per cent as a super-aged society.
"Considering the unprecedented and faster-than-expected pace of aging, we do not have much time," said Joo Hyung-hwan, vice chairman of the Presidential Committee on Ageing Society and Population Policy.