PHOTOS: World not ready for aging population

An elderly man listens to a speaker at a political rally in New Delhi on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013. Much of the world is not prepared to support the ballooning population of elderly people, including many of the fastest-aging countries, according to a global study scheduled to be released Tuesday, Oct. 1, by the United Nations and an elder rights group. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal) ( India Global Aging )

An elderly Indian woman walks at a park on International Day of Older Persons in Mumbai, India,Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Much of the world is not prepared to support the ballooning population of elderly people, including many of the fastest-aging countries, according to a global study scheduled to be released Tuesday, Oct. 1, by the United Nations and an elder rights group. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade) ( India Global Aging )

Elderly men sit in a stairwell of a subway station in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. According to its cabinet-level Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD), Taiwan faces an accelerated aging population and declining fertility rate. In a few years, the elderly population will outnumber the juvenile population, meaning the population over 65 will be about four times the population under 14. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) ( Taiwan Global Aging )

Eighty-year-old Marianne Blomberg works out at a gym in Stockholm on Sept. 26, 2013 photo. Much of the world is not prepared to support the ballooning population of elderly people, including many of the fastest-aging countries, according to a global study scheduled to be released Tuesday, Oct. 1, by the United Nations and an elder rights group. The Swedish government has suggested people continue working beyond 65, a prospect Blomberg cautiously welcomes but warns should not be a requirement. (AP Photo/TT News Agency, Jonas Ekstromer) ( Sweden Global Aging )

Elderly Indians talk at a park on International Day of Older Persons in Mumbai, India,Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Much of the world is not prepared to support the ballooning population of elderly people, including many of the fastest-aging countries, according to a global study scheduled to be released Tuesday, Oct. 1, by the United Nations and an elder rights group. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade) ( India Global Aging )

Elderly Indians participate in celebrations to mark International Day of Older Persons at an old age home in Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Much of the world is not prepared to support the ballooning population of elderly people, including many of the fastest-aging countries, according to a global study scheduled to be released Tuesday, Oct. 1, by the United Nations and an elder rights group. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) ( India Global Aging )

Elderly Filipino women chat at Rizal Park, in Manila, Philippines on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013. Much of the world is not prepared to support the ballooning population of elderly people, including many of the fastest-aging countries, according to a global study scheduled to be released Tuesday, Oct. 1, by the United Nations and an elder rights group. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) ( Philippines Global Aging )

Elderly people take shelter from the rain at a subway station in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. According to it's cabinet-level Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD), Taiwan faces an accelerated aging population and declining fertility rate. In more than four years, the elderly population will outnumber the juvenile population, meaning the population over 65 will be about four times the population under 14. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) ( Taiwan Global Aging )

Truong Tien Thao, 65, waits for customers at his small tea stall on a sidewalk in downtown Hanoi, Vietnam on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. Thao is acutely aware that he, like millions of others, is plunging into old age without a safety net. He wishes he could retire, but he and his 61-year-old wife depend on the $50 a month they earn from the tea shop. (AP Photo/Tran Van Minh) ( Vietnam Global Aging )

An elderly Filipino man walks at Rizal Park, in Manila, Philippines on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013. Much of the world is not prepared to support the ballooning population of elderly people, including many of the fastest-aging countries, according to a global study scheduled to be released Tuesday, Oct. 1, by the United Nations and an elder rights group. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) ( Philippines Global Aging )

Abdul Wasay, 75, sells toothbrushes and toothpaste on a busy street market In Kabul, Afghanistan, where he says he usually spends most of his days. In a country with no pension system for people not in government service, it's a hard life for the former blacksmith and cook. He makes just $6 a day and it's barely enough to help support his wife. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid) ( Afghanistan Global Aging )

Two elderly men, front, listen to a speaker at a political rally in New Delhi on Sept. 29, 2013. Much of the world is not prepared to support the ballooning population of elderly people, including many of the fastest-aging countries, according to a global study scheduled to be released Tuesday, Oct. 1, by the United Nations and an elder rights group. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal) ( India Global Aging )

An elderly Sri Lankan woman collects pieces of wood in the sea promenade of Colombo port, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. The world is aging so fast that most countries are not prepared to support their swelling numbers of elderly people, according to a global study being issued Tuesday by the United Nations and an elder rights group. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) ( Sri Lanka Daily Life )

An elderly man listens to a speaker at a political rally in New Delhi on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013. Much of the world is not prepared to support the ballooning population of elderly people, including many of the fastest-aging countries, according to a global study scheduled to be released Tuesday, Oct. 1, by the United Nations and an elder rights group. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) ( APTOPIX India Global Aging )