On the date, the "Report on the Development of Aging Affairs in Jiangsu Province ()" was released, introducing the latest data on the elderly population in Jiangsu.

As of the end of the year, the permanent resident population of Jiangsu Province was 100 million, an increase of 100 million compared to the end of the previous year. Notably, the population aged 65 and above in the province reached 100 million (first exceeding 100 million), accounting for 10.1% of the permanent resident population, which is 0.2 percentage points higher than the national average (9.9%). The population aged 80 and above was 100 million, accounting for 10.1%, which is 0.2 percentage points higher than the national average (9.9%). The total number of elderly people in the province is growing rapidly, with the number of permanent elderly residents aged 65 and above increasing by 100 million compared to the same period last year, marking the first time the increase has exceeded 100 million.

From the perspective of registered population, Jiangsu has a higher level of aging. By the end of the year, the province's registered population was 100 million. Among them, the population aged 60 and above was 10 million, accounting for 10% of the registered population; the population aged 65 and above was 10 million, accounting for 10.1% of the registered population.

As of the end of the year, there are centenarians in Jiangsu. Among them, Nanjing has people, Wuxi has people, Xuzhou has people, Changzhou has people, Suzhou has people, Nantong has people, Lianyungang has people, Huai'an has people, Yancheng has people, Yangzhou has people, Zhenjiang has people, Taizhou has people, and Suqian has people.

The old-age dependency ratio, also known as the aging population support coefficient, refers to the ratio of the number of elderly population (population aged 65 and above) to the number of working-age population (population aged 15-64) among the permanent residents. It indicates how many elderly people each working-age person has to support, reflecting one of the economic consequences of an aging population from an economic perspective. In recent years, the working-age population in Jiangsu has decreased from 54.4 million at the end of 2010 to 52.7 million at the end of 2020, a reduction of 1.7 million people. The population aged 65 and above in the province has increased from 9.4 million at the end of 2010 to 13.7 million at the end of 2020, an increase of 4.3 million people. The old-age dependency ratio has risen from 17.4% at the end of 2010 to 26.0% at the end of 2020 (2.6 percentage points higher than the national average), an increase of 8.6 percentage points.

From year to year, the number of births in Jiangsu Province showed a continuous slight decline, but still remained above 1 million each year. After , this figure began to decline sharply. It fell below 1 million in , reaching 588,000, and dropped further to 452,000 in . In , it continued to decline to 268,000, and in , it dropped to 240,000, with the natural population growth rate being negative for 7 consecutive years.

International Standards: When the proportion of the population aged 65 and above exceeds 7%, it is referred to as an aging society; when it exceeds 14%, it is referred to as a moderately aging society; when it exceeds 20%, it is referred to as a severely aging society. Judging from the permanent resident population, the aging levels in the central and northern regions of Jiangsu are higher than those in the southern region. By the end of the year, in all 13 prefecture-level cities of Jiangsu, the proportion of the population aged 65 and above had all exceeded 14% for the first time, all entering a moderately aging society. Among these cities, 4 had a proportion of the population aged 65 and above exceeding 20%, namely Nantong (22.67%), Taizhou (22.01%), Yancheng (21.57%), and Yangzhou (21.08%). These 4 cities have entered a severely aging society. Suzhou is the city with the lowest level of aging in the province. Suzhou has the largest permanent resident population in Jiangsu, reaching 12.75 million, while the registered population is only 7.48 million. This indicates that Suzhou has attracted a large number of young people from outside in recent years.