Thailand has had to turn to its elderly population to fill in gaps in its workforce, which the country is struggling to maintain amid declining birth rates.

Birth rates are declining globally, including in the United States, and the main concern that governments have about this is that they will end up with ageing populations , meaning there will be less working-age people to keep sectors running and support the elderly.

Thailand already has an ageing population and is ranked the third-most rapidly ageing population in the world, the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia says.

Some 21.5 percent of the population are now over 60 years old, as of September this year, according to the country’s Department of Provincial Administration.

In fact, the country may be heade

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