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The purpose of this paper is to construct a novel model for analyzing the population aging.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>To analyze the aging status of a region, this study has considered three major indicators: total population, aged population and the proportion of the aged population. Additionally, the authors have developed a novel grey population prediction model that incorporates the fractional-order accumulation operator and Gompertz model (GM). By combining these techniques, the authors' model provides a comprehensive and accurate prediction of population aging trends in Jiangsu Province. This research methodology has the potential to contribute to the development of effective policy solutions to address the challenges posed by the population aging.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>The fractional-order discrete grey GM is suitable for predicting the aging population and has good performance. The population aging of Jiangsu Province will continue to deepen in the next few years.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>The proposed model can be used to predict and analyze aging differences in Jiangsu Province. Based on the prediction and analysis results, identified some corresponding countermeasures are suggested to address the challenges of Jiangsu's future aging problem.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>The fractional-order discrete grey GM is firstly proposed in this paper and this model is a novel grey population prediction model with good performance.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/gs-01-2023-0005","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,25]],"date-time":"2023-04-25T03:47:53Z","timestamp":1682394473000},"page":"544-557","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["A novel fractional-order discrete grey Gompertz model for analyzing the aging population in Jiangsu Province, China"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7398-5929","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Weiliang","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Sifeng","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9234-6396","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lianyi","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7143-3044","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"R.M. 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