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“Longevity and Ageing Populations in the GCC” is a “Longevity and Ageing Populations in the GCC” is a comprehensive analytical report examining how Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE—are experiencing rapid demographic shifts driven by increased life expectancy, lower fertility rates, and lifestyle transitions. The document explains the concepts of life expectancy, lifespan, longevity, and healthy ageing, highlighting how the GCC is moving toward an older population with the proportion of people over age 50 rising steadily.
The report outlines the current demographic profile of GCC nations, showing that although they remain relatively young compared to Western countries, they are ageing far more quickly due to improved healthcare, urbanisation, and socio-economic changes. This shift presents significant challenges: rising healthcare costs, shortages of specialised geriatric care, increased chronic disease burden (such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension), and growing pressure on social welfare systems.
A major section of the report explores factors influencing longevity in the region, including:
Technological and medical innovation, such as AI-driven healthcare, genomics, stem cell research, precision medicine, and new longevity-focused initiatives like the Hevolution Foundation and UAE Omics Centre.
Lifestyle and behavioural determinants, including nutrition transition toward processed foods, rising obesity and diabetes rates, physical inactivity, tobacco use, and the mental health effects of rapid urbanisation.
Advanced scientific developments, such as AI-enabled biomarkers of ageing, senolytic drugs, and regenerative therapies.
The report also analyses the challenge of extending healthy lifespan, noting that longer life expectancy does not automatically translate into more years lived in good health. GCC countries risk facing increasing rates of chronic illness unless preventive and lifestyle-focused policies are prioritised. The document uses global case studies—such as Blue Zones, the UK’s healthy ageing programmes, Japan’s Community-based Integrated Care System, Singapore’s Centre for Healthy Longevity, and U.S. ageing research initiatives—to illustrate effective international models.
In its conclusion, the report offers detailed policy recommendations for governments, healthcare providers, insurers, researchers, and the private sector in the GCC. These include expanding longevity research funding, supporting informal caregivers, adopting preventive healthcare models, improving urban environments, strengthening insurance incentives for healthy ageing, building academic programmes on longevity, investing in wellness industries, and promoting flexible work arrangements for older adults.
Overall, the report positions the GCC as a region with unique opportunities: youthful populations, strong investment capacity, and national transformation agendas that can be leveraged to build world-leading strategies for healthy ageing and longevity.
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