Historic first: Older adults now outnumber the youngest children for the first time

<div>Data: <a href="https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2026/demo/P95-26-1.html" target="_blank">U.S. Census Bureau, International Database</a>; Chart: Noah Bressner/Axios</div><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/06/02/seniors-boomers-aarp-economy" target="_blank">People 65 and older</a> now outnumber children ages 5 and younger worldwide for the first time in recorded history, according to a <a href="https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2026/demo/p95-26-1.pdf" target="_blank"

Original reporting by Axios · Russell Contreras. GridIndex is an aggregation and intelligence layer — full credit to the original publisher.