At the turn the century, more than half of the world's consumers live in Asia, led by the momentum in India and China.
se two countries now make up a third of the world's population, a third of the global consumer class(those spending more than 12 USD a day in 2017 PPP), and approximately a quarter of global consumer spending.
China remains the country with the most populous consumer class. With China's consumer class growing by 36 million, it is estimated that China will continue to have a larger consumer class for at least the next two decades. China will become the first country to reach one billion people in the consumer class around 2026/27.
China's consumer class is urban, with an estimated 553 million people living in cities with a population of over one million by 2030. China's consumer class is concentrated in large cities.
China's consumer class is older, with a median age of 39. China will predominantly add consumers above the age of 45. By now, China is already the largest senior market in the world in terms of people. Almost half of the country's consumer class growth until 2030 will come from individuals aged 60 or older. By 2030, China will represent one-fourth of the [world] senior market.
— Juan Caballero, data scientist, and Marco Fengler, research analyst of World Data Lab
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