What percent of the global population is 60 or older?

Here is the question :

WHAT PERCENT OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION IS 60 OR OLDER?

Here is the option for the question :

25 percent
12 percent
6 percent
38 percent

The Answer:

And, the answer for the the question is :

12 percent

Explanation:

[STC001884] According to the United Nations, the number of people aged 60 or older in the world’s population totaled 962 million in 2017, which represents nearly 12% of the total population (which numbered 7.6 billion that year). To put it another way, one out of every eight people was at least 60 years old. If current demographic trends carry on, however, the proportion of elderly persons in the world may reach one in five (20%) by the year 2050. (The global population of persons aged 60 and older is expected to reach about 2.1 billion by the middle of this century, according to projections.) In fact, according to the U.N.’s 2017 report on World Population Aging, people aged 60 and over could outnumber children under 10 by 2030, and adolescents aged 10 to 24 by 2050.