Afghanistan vs United Arab Emirates: People aged 65 and over

People aged 65 and over in 2023: 2.4% in Afghanistan and 1.7% in United Arab Emirates, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 0.7 percentage points, or 1.4 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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% of people · UN

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What the numbers say

Afghanistan has been higher since 1955, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
In 2023, Afghanistan ranked 223 and United Arab Emirates ranked 228 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Afghanistan at 14.2% and United Arab Emirates at 11.4% in 2100.
The world as a whole: 10% in 2023.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Afghanistan	United Arab Emirates	World
2023	2.4	1.7	10
2022	2.4	1.6	9.8
2021	2.4	1.6	9.5
2020	2.4	1.6	9.3
2019	2.4	1.5	9.1
2018	2.4	1.5	8.9
2017	2.4	1.5	8.7
2016	2.4	1.5	8.5
2015	2.4	1.5	8.3
2014	2.4	1.5	8.1
2013	2.4	1.5	7.9
2012	2.3	1.5	7.8
2011	2.3	1.4	7.7
2010	2.3	1.4	7.6
2009	2.3	1.5	7.5
2008	2.3	1.6	7.5
2007	2.3	1.7	7.4
2006	2.3	1.8	7.3
2005	2.3	1.8	7.3
2004	2.3	1.7	7.2
2003	2.3	1.6	7.1
2002	2.3	1.5	7
2001	2.3	1.4	6.9
2000	2.3	1.3	6.8
1999	2.3	1.2	6.8
1998	2.3	1.1	6.7
1997	2.3	1.1	6.6
1996	2.3	1	6.5
1995	2.3	1	6.5
1994	2.3	1	6.4
1993	2.2	1	6.3
1992	2.2	1	6.2
1991	2.2	1	6.1
1990	2.2	1	6.1
1989	2.2	1	6
1988	2.2	1.1	6
1987	2.3	1.1	5.9
1986	2.3	1.1	5.9
1985	2.3	1.1	5.8
1984	2.4	1.1	5.8
1983	2.4	1.1	5.8
1982	2.5	1.1	5.8
1981	2.5	1.1	5.8
1980	2.5	1.2	5.8
1979	2.5	1.3	5.8
1978	2.6	1.5	5.7
1977	2.6	1.6	5.6
1976	2.6	1.8	5.6
1975	2.6	1.8	5.5
1974	2.6	1.7	5.5
1973	2.6	1.6	5.4
1972	2.6	1.5	5.4
1971	2.7	1.5	5.3
1970	2.7	1.5	5.3
1969	2.7	1.5	5.2
1968	2.7	1.6	5.2
1967	2.7	1.7	5.2
1966	2.7	1.8	5.1
1965	2.7	1.9	5.1
1964	2.8	2	5
1963	2.8	2	5
1962	2.8	2.1	5
1961	2.8	2.2	5
1960	2.8	2.4	5
1959	2.8	2.5	5
1958	2.8	2.5	5
1957	2.9	2.6	5
1956	2.9	2.7	5
1955	2.9	2.8	5
1954	2.9	2.9	5
1953	2.9	3	5
1952	2.9	3.1	5
1951	2.9	3.2	5
1950	2.9	3.3	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Afghanistan	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	2.4	1.8	10.2
2025	2.4	1.8	10.4
2026	2.5	1.8	10.6
2027	2.5	1.9	10.8
2028	2.5	2	11.1
2029	2.6	2.1	11.5
2030	2.6	2.3	11.8
2031	2.6	2.4	12
2032	2.7	2.5	12.3
2033	2.7	2.6	12.6
2034	2.8	2.6	12.8
2035	2.9	2.6	13.1
2036	2.9	2.7	13.4
2037	3	2.7	13.7
2038	3.1	2.7	13.9
2039	3.1	2.7	14.1
2040	3.2	2.7	14.3
2041	3.3	2.6	14.5
2042	3.4	2.6	14.7
2043	3.4	2.6	14.9
2044	3.5	2.6	15
2045	3.6	2.5	15.2
2046	3.7	2.5	15.4
2047	3.8	2.4	15.7
2048	3.8	2.3	15.9
2049	3.9	2.2	16.1
2050	4	2.1	16.3
2051	4.1	2	16.6
2052	4.2	2.1	16.8
2053	4.3	2.2	17.1
2054	4.5	2.3	17.3
2055	4.6	2.4	17.6
2056	4.7	2.5	17.8
2057	4.9	2.7	18
2058	5.1	2.9	18.2
2059	5.3	3.2	18.4
2060	5.5	3.5	18.5
2061	5.7	3.8	18.7
2062	5.9	4.1	18.8
2063	6.1	4.5	19
2064	6.3	4.8	19.1
2065	6.5	5.2	19.3
2066	6.7	5.6	19.4
2067	6.9	6	19.6
2068	7.2	6.4	19.7
2069	7.4	6.8	19.9
2070	7.6	7.1	20
2071	7.8	7.4	20.2
2072	8	7.7	20.3
2073	8.2	8	20.5
2074	8.3	8.3	20.7
2075	8.5	8.5	20.9
2076	8.8	8.8	21.1
2077	9	9	21.3
2078	9.2	9.2	21.5
2079	9.4	9.4	21.7
2080	9.6	9.6	21.9
2081	9.8	9.8	22.1
2082	10	9.9	22.3
2083	10.3	10	22.4
2084	10.5	10.1	22.6
2085	10.7	10.2	22.7
2086	10.9	10.3	22.8
2087	11.2	10.3	22.9
2088	11.4	10.4	22.9
2089	11.6	10.4	23
2090	11.9	10.5	23.1
2091	12.1	10.6	23.2
2092	12.4	10.6	23.3
2093	12.6	10.7	23.3
2094	12.8	10.8	23.4
2095	13.1	10.9	23.5
2096	13.3	11	23.6
2097	13.5	11.1	23.7
2098	13.7	11.2	23.7
2099	14	11.3	23.8
2100	14.2	11.4	23.9

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Good to know

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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Deaths in conflictsAfghanistan: 1,498 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022