Ageing in the Countries of the Visegrad Group after 1960

Demographic ageing belongs among the most discussed areas that have public and private sectors face to. Population ageing represents costs and burdens for public administration, policy, public finance. National policies and the public sectors have to develop strategies and measures of population ageing. Iris a public interest not to burden the public sector with the high proportion of economically inactive people. In order to adequate response of the public policy and public administration, it is important to analyze the length of our lives and know the past, present and future demographic trends. Population ageing is most often measured by the indicator of life expectancy and we focus on modal age at death (also called normal length of life) and probable age at death too. Modal age at death is currently rated as more appropriate indicator to measure longevity than for example frequently used life expectancy. Model life tables were calculated and constructed on the basis of data published by the Human Mortality Database. The aim of this paper is to show the evolution of population ageing in the Visegrad countries after 1960 using traditional and less frequently used indicators describing population ageing.