Afghanistan vs Egypt: People aged 65 and over

People aged 65 and over in 2023: 2.4% in Afghanistan and 5% in Egypt, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Egypt, by 2.6 percentage points, or 2.09 times that in Afghanistan.

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% of people · UN

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What the numbers say

Egypt has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2023, Afghanistan ranked 223 and Egypt ranked 155 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Afghanistan at 14.2% and Egypt at 22.1% in 2100.
The world as a whole: 10% in 2023.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Afghanistan	Egypt	World
2023	2.4	5	10
2022	2.4	4.8	9.8
2021	2.4	4.7	9.5
2020	2.4	4.7	9.3
2019	2.4	4.6	9.1
2018	2.4	4.5	8.9
2017	2.4	4.4	8.7
2016	2.4	4.3	8.5
2015	2.4	4.2	8.3
2014	2.4	4.1	8.1
2013	2.4	4.1	7.9
2012	2.3	4	7.8
2011	2.3	4	7.7
2010	2.3	3.9	7.6
2009	2.3	3.9	7.5
2008	2.3	3.9	7.5
2007	2.3	3.9	7.4
2006	2.3	3.9	7.3
2005	2.3	4	7.3
2004	2.3	4	7.2
2003	2.3	4	7.1
2002	2.3	4	7
2001	2.3	4	6.9
2000	2.3	4	6.8
1999	2.3	4	6.8
1998	2.3	4	6.7
1997	2.3	4	6.6
1996	2.3	3.9	6.5
1995	2.3	3.9	6.5
1994	2.3	3.9	6.4
1993	2.2	3.9	6.3
1992	2.2	3.9	6.2
1991	2.2	3.9	6.1
1990	2.2	3.9	6.1
1989	2.2	3.9	6
1988	2.2	3.9	6
1987	2.3	3.9	5.9
1986	2.3	3.9	5.9
1985	2.3	3.9	5.8
1984	2.4	3.9	5.8
1983	2.4	4	5.8
1982	2.5	4	5.8
1981	2.5	4	5.8
1980	2.5	4	5.8
1979	2.5	4	5.8
1978	2.6	4	5.7
1977	2.6	4	5.6
1976	2.6	4	5.6
1975	2.6	4	5.5
1974	2.6	4	5.5
1973	2.6	4	5.4
1972	2.6	4	5.4
1971	2.7	3.9	5.3
1970	2.7	3.9	5.3
1969	2.7	3.9	5.2
1968	2.7	3.9	5.2
1967	2.7	3.9	5.2
1966	2.7	3.8	5.1
1965	2.7	3.8	5.1
1964	2.8	3.8	5
1963	2.8	3.8	5
1962	2.8	3.7	5
1961	2.8	3.7	5
1960	2.8	3.6	5
1959	2.8	3.6	5
1958	2.8	3.5	5
1957	2.9	3.5	5
1956	2.9	3.4	5
1955	2.9	3.4	5
1954	2.9	3.3	5
1953	2.9	3.2	5
1952	2.9	3.1	5
1951	2.9	3	5
1950	2.9	2.9	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Afghanistan	Egypt	World
2024	2.4	5.1	10.2
2025	2.4	5.3	10.4
2026	2.5	5.4	10.6
2027	2.5	5.6	10.8
2028	2.5	5.7	11.1
2029	2.6	5.9	11.5
2030	2.6	6.1	11.8
2031	2.6	6.2	12
2032	2.7	6.4	12.3
2033	2.7	6.5	12.6
2034	2.8	6.7	12.8
2035	2.9	6.8	13.1
2036	2.9	6.9	13.4
2037	3	7.1	13.7
2038	3.1	7.2	13.9
2039	3.1	7.4	14.1
2040	3.2	7.6	14.3
2041	3.3	7.7	14.5
2042	3.4	7.9	14.7
2043	3.4	8.1	14.9
2044	3.5	8.3	15
2045	3.6	8.5	15.2
2046	3.7	8.7	15.4
2047	3.8	9	15.7
2048	3.8	9.2	15.9
2049	3.9	9.5	16.1
2050	4	9.7	16.3
2051	4.1	10	16.6
2052	4.2	10.3	16.8
2053	4.3	10.6	17.1
2054	4.5	10.8	17.3
2055	4.6	11.1	17.6
2056	4.7	11.3	17.8
2057	4.9	11.6	18
2058	5.1	11.8	18.2
2059	5.3	12	18.4
2060	5.5	12.1	18.5
2061	5.7	12.3	18.7
2062	5.9	12.5	18.8
2063	6.1	12.7	19
2064	6.3	12.9	19.1
2065	6.5	13.1	19.3
2066	6.7	13.3	19.4
2067	6.9	13.5	19.6
2068	7.2	13.7	19.7
2069	7.4	14	19.9
2070	7.6	14.2	20
2071	7.8	14.4	20.2
2072	8	14.6	20.3
2073	8.2	14.9	20.5
2074	8.3	15.2	20.7
2075	8.5	15.5	20.9
2076	8.8	15.8	21.1
2077	9	16.1	21.3
2078	9.2	16.5	21.5
2079	9.4	17	21.7
2080	9.6	17.4	21.9
2081	9.8	17.8	22.1
2082	10	18.2	22.3
2083	10.3	18.5	22.4
2084	10.5	18.7	22.6
2085	10.7	19	22.7
2086	10.9	19.2	22.8
2087	11.2	19.4	22.9
2088	11.4	19.5	22.9
2089	11.6	19.8	23
2090	11.9	20	23.1
2091	12.1	20.2	23.2
2092	12.4	20.4	23.3
2093	12.6	20.6	23.3
2094	12.8	20.8	23.4
2095	13.1	21	23.5
2096	13.3	21.2	23.6
2097	13.5	21.4	23.7
2098	13.7	21.6	23.7
2099	14	21.8	23.8
2100	14.2	22.1	23.9

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The share of the population aged 65 or older.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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