Kenya vs Niger: People aged 65 and over

People aged 65 and over in 2023: 2.9% in Kenya and 2.6% in Niger, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Kenya, by 0.3 percentage points, or 1.13 times that in Niger.

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% of people · UN

KenyaNigerUN projection (medium variant)World

What the numbers say

Kenya has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Niger.
In 2023, Kenya ranked 207 and Niger ranked 217 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Kenya at 16.3% and Niger at 12.9% in 2100.
The world as a whole: 10% in 2023.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Kenya	Niger	World
2023	2.9	2.6	10
2022	2.9	2.6	9.8
2021	2.8	2.5	9.5
2020	2.8	2.5	9.3
2019	2.7	2.5	9.1
2018	2.6	2.5	8.9
2017	2.5	2.5	8.7
2016	2.5	2.5	8.5
2015	2.4	2.4	8.3
2014	2.3	2.4	8.1
2013	2.3	2.4	7.9
2012	2.2	2.4	7.8
2011	2.1	2.4	7.7
2010	2.1	2.4	7.6
2009	2.1	2.4	7.5
2008	2.1	2.4	7.5
2007	2.1	2.3	7.4
2006	2.1	2.3	7.3
2005	2.2	2.3	7.3
2004	2.2	2.3	7.2
2003	2.2	2.3	7.1
2002	2.2	2.3	7
2001	2.2	2.3	6.9
2000	2.2	2.3	6.8
1999	2.2	2.2	6.8
1998	2.2	2.2	6.7
1997	2.2	2.2	6.6
1996	2.2	2.2	6.5
1995	2.2	2.2	6.5
1994	2.2	2.2	6.4
1993	2.2	2.2	6.3
1992	2.2	2.2	6.2
1991	2.2	2.2	6.1
1990	2.2	2.1	6.1
1989	2.2	2.1	6
1988	2.1	2.1	6
1987	2.1	2.1	5.9
1986	2.1	2.1	5.9
1985	2.1	2	5.8
1984	2.1	2	5.8
1983	2.1	2	5.8
1982	2.1	2	5.8
1981	2.1	1.9	5.8
1980	2.1	1.9	5.8
1979	2.1	1.9	5.8
1978	2.1	1.8	5.7
1977	2.1	1.8	5.6
1976	2.1	1.8	5.6
1975	2.1	1.7	5.5
1974	2.1	1.7	5.5
1973	2.1	1.7	5.4
1972	2.2	1.6	5.4
1971	2.2	1.6	5.3
1970	2.2	1.6	5.3
1969	2.3	1.5	5.2
1968	2.4	1.5	5.2
1967	2.4	1.5	5.2
1966	2.5	1.4	5.1
1965	2.6	1.4	5.1
1964	2.7	1.3	5
1963	2.8	1.3	5
1962	2.9	1.2	5
1961	3	1.2	5
1960	3.2	1.1	5
1959	3.4	1.1	5
1958	3.6	1	5
1957	3.7	0.9	5
1956	3.9	0.9	5
1955	4.2	0.8	5
1954	4.4	0.8	5
1953	4.6	0.8	5
1952	4.8	0.9	5
1951	5.1	0.9	5
1950	5.3	0.9	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Kenya	Niger	World
2024	3	2.6	10.2
2025	3	2.6	10.4
2026	3.1	2.6	10.6
2027	3.2	2.7	10.8
2028	3.2	2.7	11.1
2029	3.3	2.7	11.5
2030	3.4	2.7	11.8
2031	3.5	2.8	12
2032	3.6	2.8	12.3
2033	3.7	2.8	12.6
2034	3.8	2.8	12.8
2035	3.9	2.8	13.1
2036	4	2.9	13.4
2037	4.1	2.9	13.7
2038	4.2	2.9	13.9
2039	4.3	3	14.1
2040	4.4	3	14.3
2041	4.5	3	14.5
2042	4.6	3.1	14.7
2043	4.7	3.1	14.9
2044	4.8	3.2	15
2045	5	3.2	15.2
2046	5.1	3.3	15.4
2047	5.2	3.3	15.7
2048	5.4	3.4	15.9
2049	5.5	3.4	16.1
2050	5.7	3.5	16.3
2051	5.9	3.5	16.6
2052	6.1	3.6	16.8
2053	6.2	3.7	17.1
2054	6.4	3.7	17.3
2055	6.6	3.8	17.6
2056	6.8	3.9	17.8
2057	6.9	4	18
2058	7.1	4.1	18.2
2059	7.3	4.2	18.4
2060	7.4	4.3	18.5
2061	7.6	4.4	18.7
2062	7.8	4.6	18.8
2063	8	4.7	19
2064	8.2	4.9	19.1
2065	8.4	5	19.3
2066	8.6	5.2	19.4
2067	8.8	5.3	19.6
2068	9.1	5.5	19.7
2069	9.3	5.7	19.9
2070	9.6	5.9	20
2071	9.9	6.1	20.2
2072	10.1	6.3	20.3
2073	10.4	6.5	20.5
2074	10.7	6.7	20.7
2075	11	7	20.9
2076	11.3	7.2	21.1
2077	11.5	7.4	21.3
2078	11.8	7.7	21.5
2079	12	7.9	21.7
2080	12.2	8.1	21.9
2081	12.4	8.4	22.1
2082	12.6	8.6	22.3
2083	12.8	8.8	22.4
2084	12.9	9.1	22.6
2085	13.1	9.3	22.7
2086	13.3	9.5	22.8
2087	13.5	9.7	22.9
2088	13.6	10	22.9
2089	13.8	10.2	23
2090	14	10.4	23.1
2091	14.2	10.7	23.2
2092	14.4	10.9	23.3
2093	14.6	11.2	23.3
2094	14.9	11.4	23.4
2095	15.1	11.7	23.5
2096	15.3	11.9	23.6
2097	15.6	12.2	23.7
2098	15.8	12.4	23.7
2099	16.1	12.6	23.8
2100	16.3	12.9	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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