Our country (1) (go) through a period of accelerating change. Today, there (2) (be) around 3.

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7 million people aged over 60 in this country but the large numbers of people who (3) (belong) to the baby-boom generation (4) (produce) an explosion in the number of elderly people from around 2011. By 2030, there (5) (be) some 8.8 million and because the birth-rate in the period after the post-war baby boom (6) (decline) sharply, these elderly people (7) (represent) a much larger share of the country's population than ever before in our history. In 1966, when we (8) (introduce) our national pension scheme, there (9) (be) about eight working-age people for every retired person, whereas today, there (10) (be) about five, and in 2030, there (11) (be) only three. There (12) (be) another dramatic change which also (13) (affect) this situation, as thanks to medical advances and higher living standards, life expectancy (14) (increase) and (15) (continue) to increase in future years. Today people can expect to live three years longer than in 1966. By 2030, they (16) (live) an average of 4.5 years longer.