Austria vs United Arab Emirates: People aged 65 and over

People aged 65 and over in 2023: 20.2% in Austria and 1.7% in United Arab Emirates, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Austria, by 18.5 percentage points, or 12 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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% of people · UN

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What the numbers say

Austria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Austria at 33.4% and United Arab Emirates at 11.4% in 2100.
The world as a whole: 10% in 2023.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Austria	United Arab Emirates	World
2023	20.2	1.7	10
2022	19.8	1.6	9.8
2021	19.5	1.6	9.5
2020	19.2	1.6	9.3
2019	18.9	1.5	9.1
2018	18.8	1.5	8.9
2017	18.6	1.5	8.7
2016	18.5	1.5	8.5
2015	18.5	1.5	8.3
2014	18.4	1.5	8.1
2013	18.2	1.5	7.9
2012	18	1.5	7.8
2011	17.7	1.4	7.7
2010	17.7	1.4	7.6
2009	17.5	1.5	7.5
2008	17.3	1.6	7.5
2007	17	1.7	7.4
2006	16.7	1.8	7.3
2005	16.2	1.8	7.3
2004	15.7	1.7	7.2
2003	15.5	1.6	7.1
2002	15.5	1.5	7
2001	15.5	1.4	6.9
2000	15.4	1.3	6.8
1999	15.4	1.2	6.8
1998	15.4	1.1	6.7
1997	15.3	1.1	6.6
1996	15.3	1	6.5
1995	15.2	1	6.5
1994	15	1	6.4
1993	15	1	6.3
1992	14.9	1	6.2
1991	15	1	6.1
1990	15	1	6.1
1989	14.9	1	6
1988	14.7	1.1	6
1987	14.6	1.1	5.9
1986	14.3	1.1	5.9
1985	14.2	1.1	5.8
1984	14.2	1.1	5.8
1983	14.4	1.1	5.8
1982	14.7	1.1	5.8
1981	15.1	1.1	5.8
1980	15.4	1.2	5.8
1979	15.4	1.3	5.8
1978	15.3	1.5	5.7
1977	15.2	1.6	5.6
1976	15	1.8	5.6
1975	14.9	1.8	5.5
1974	14.6	1.7	5.5
1973	14.5	1.6	5.4
1972	14.3	1.5	5.4
1971	14.2	1.5	5.3
1970	14.1	1.5	5.3
1969	13.9	1.5	5.2
1968	13.8	1.6	5.2
1967	13.6	1.7	5.2
1966	13.4	1.8	5.1
1965	13.2	1.9	5.1
1964	13	2	5
1963	12.8	2	5
1962	12.6	2.1	5
1961	12.4	2.2	5
1960	12.2	2.4	5
1959	12.1	2.5	5
1958	11.9	2.5	5
1957	11.7	2.6	5
1956	11.6	2.7	5
1955	11.4	2.8	5
1954	11.3	2.9	5
1953	11.1	3	5
1952	10.9	3.1	5
1951	10.6	3.2	5
1950	10.4	3.3	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Austria	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	20.6	1.8	10.2
2025	21.1	1.8	10.4
2026	21.6	1.8	10.6
2027	22.2	1.9	10.8
2028	22.8	2	11.1
2029	23.4	2.1	11.5
2030	24.1	2.3	11.8
2031	24.7	2.4	12
2032	25.3	2.5	12.3
2033	25.9	2.6	12.6
2034	26.4	2.6	12.8
2035	26.9	2.6	13.1
2036	27.4	2.7	13.4
2037	27.8	2.7	13.7
2038	28.1	2.7	13.9
2039	28.4	2.7	14.1
2040	28.6	2.7	14.3
2041	28.9	2.6	14.5
2042	29	2.6	14.7
2043	29.2	2.6	14.9
2044	29.4	2.6	15
2045	29.6	2.5	15.2
2046	29.9	2.5	15.4
2047	30.1	2.4	15.7
2048	30.4	2.3	15.9
2049	30.6	2.2	16.1
2050	30.8	2.1	16.3
2051	31	2	16.6
2052	31.2	2.1	16.8
2053	31.4	2.2	17.1
2054	31.6	2.3	17.3
2055	31.8	2.4	17.6
2056	31.9	2.5	17.8
2057	32.1	2.7	18
2058	32.3	2.9	18.2
2059	32.4	3.2	18.4
2060	32.5	3.5	18.5
2061	32.6	3.8	18.7
2062	32.6	4.1	18.8
2063	32.6	4.5	19
2064	32.5	4.8	19.1
2065	32.5	5.2	19.3
2066	32.4	5.6	19.4
2067	32.3	6	19.6
2068	32.2	6.4	19.7
2069	32.1	6.8	19.9
2070	32.1	7.1	20
2071	32.1	7.4	20.2
2072	32.1	7.7	20.3
2073	32.1	8	20.5
2074	32.1	8.3	20.7
2075	32.1	8.5	20.9
2076	32.1	8.8	21.1
2077	32.1	9	21.3
2078	32.2	9.2	21.5
2079	32.2	9.4	21.7
2080	32.3	9.6	21.9
2081	32.3	9.8	22.1
2082	32.5	9.9	22.3
2083	32.6	10	22.4
2084	32.7	10.1	22.6
2085	32.7	10.2	22.7
2086	32.8	10.3	22.8
2087	32.9	10.3	22.9
2088	33	10.4	22.9
2089	33	10.4	23
2090	33.1	10.5	23.1
2091	33.1	10.6	23.2
2092	33.1	10.6	23.3
2093	33.2	10.7	23.3
2094	33.2	10.8	23.4
2095	33.3	10.9	23.5
2096	33.3	11	23.6
2097	33.3	11.1	23.7
2098	33.4	11.2	23.7
2099	33.4	11.3	23.8
2100	33.4	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 conflictsAustria: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022