RIO DE JANEIRO, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The share of people aged 60 and above in Brazil's population rose 18.8 percent from 2012 to 2017, the country's official statistics agency IBGE said Thursday.

According to an IBGE study, the number of aged people grew from 25.4 million to 30.2 million in the five-year period. Put in percentage terms, it expanded from 12.8 percent of the total population in 2012 to 14.6 percent.

IBGE data also suggested that Brazil's total population rose 4.2 percent from 2012 to 2017, jumping from 198.7 million to 207.1 million. The 169 million women make up 56 percent of the overall population, the data showed.

IBGE analyst Maria Lucia Vieira said Brazil's population is aging in general, whose reasons include a rising life expectancy and the decline in birth rates.

A census showed the proportion of children aged nine or younger slid by 3.6 percent, from 14.1 percent of the population in 2012 to 12.9 percent in 2017. Enditem

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