Mexico vs Sudan: People aged 65 and over

People aged 65 and over in 2023: 8% in Mexico and 3.2% in Sudan, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Mexico, by 4.8 percentage points, or 2.49 times that in Sudan.

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% of people · UN

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What the numbers say

Mexico has been higher since 1968, when it overtook Sudan.
In 2023, Mexico ranked 122 and Sudan ranked 196 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Mexico at 31.9% and Sudan at 15.4% in 2100.
The world as a whole: 10% in 2023.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Mexico	Sudan	World
2023	8	3.2	10
2022	7.7	3.1	9.8
2021	7.6	3.1	9.5
2020	7.5	3	9.3
2019	7.3	2.9	9.1
2018	7.1	2.8	8.9
2017	7	2.8	8.7
2016	6.8	2.7	8.5
2015	6.7	2.7	8.3
2014	6.5	2.6	8.1
2013	6.4	2.6	7.9
2012	6.3	2.6	7.8
2011	6.2	2.6	7.7
2010	6.1	2.6	7.6
2009	6	2.6	7.5
2008	6	2.6	7.5
2007	5.9	2.7	7.4
2006	5.8	2.7	7.3
2005	5.7	2.7	7.3
2004	5.6	2.8	7.2
2003	5.4	2.8	7.1
2002	5.3	2.8	7
2001	5.1	2.9	6.9
2000	5	2.9	6.8
1999	4.9	2.9	6.8
1998	4.8	3	6.7
1997	4.7	3	6.6
1996	4.6	3	6.5
1995	4.5	3	6.5
1994	4.4	3	6.4
1993	4.3	3	6.3
1992	4.2	3	6.2
1991	4.2	2.9	6.1
1990	4.1	2.9	6.1
1989	4	2.8	6
1988	3.9	2.7	6
1987	3.7	2.7	5.9
1986	3.6	2.6	5.9
1985	3.5	2.5	5.8
1984	3.4	2.5	5.8
1983	3.2	2.5	5.8
1982	3.1	2.5	5.8
1981	3	2.5	5.8
1980	3	2.5	5.8
1979	2.9	2.5	5.8
1978	2.9	2.5	5.7
1977	2.9	2.5	5.6
1976	2.8	2.5	5.6
1975	2.8	2.5	5.5
1974	2.8	2.5	5.5
1973	2.7	2.6	5.4
1972	2.7	2.6	5.4
1971	2.7	2.6	5.3
1970	2.7	2.6	5.3
1969	2.7	2.6	5.2
1968	2.7	2.7	5.2
1967	2.7	2.7	5.2
1966	2.7	2.7	5.1
1965	2.7	2.7	5.1
1964	2.7	2.8	5
1963	2.7	2.8	5
1962	2.7	2.8	5
1961	2.7	2.9	5
1960	2.8	2.9	5
1959	2.8	2.9	5
1958	2.8	2.9	5
1957	2.9	3	5
1956	2.9	3	5
1955	2.9	3	5
1954	2.9	3	5
1953	2.9	3	5
1952	3	3	5
1951	3	3	5
1950	3	3	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Mexico	Sudan	World
2024	8.2	3.3	10.2
2025	8.5	3.4	10.4
2026	8.8	3.5	10.6
2027	9.1	3.5	10.8
2028	9.4	3.6	11.1
2029	9.7	3.7	11.5
2030	10	3.8	11.8
2031	10.4	3.9	12
2032	10.7	3.9	12.3
2033	11	4	12.6
2034	11.4	4.1	12.8
2035	11.7	4.1	13.1
2036	12.1	4.2	13.4
2037	12.4	4.3	13.7
2038	12.8	4.4	13.9
2039	13.2	4.4	14.1
2040	13.5	4.5	14.3
2041	13.9	4.5	14.5
2042	14.2	4.6	14.7
2043	14.5	4.6	14.9
2044	14.9	4.7	15
2045	15.2	4.8	15.2
2046	15.6	4.9	15.4
2047	15.9	5	15.7
2048	16.3	5.1	15.9
2049	16.6	5.2	16.1
2050	17	5.3	16.3
2051	17.3	5.4	16.6
2052	17.7	5.6	16.8
2053	18.1	5.7	17.1
2054	18.5	5.8	17.3
2055	18.9	6	17.6
2056	19.3	6.1	17.8
2057	19.7	6.3	18
2058	20.1	6.5	18.2
2059	20.5	6.7	18.4
2060	20.9	7	18.5
2061	21.2	7.2	18.7
2062	21.6	7.4	18.8
2063	22	7.6	19
2064	22.3	7.9	19.1
2065	22.7	8.1	19.3
2066	23.1	8.3	19.4
2067	23.5	8.5	19.6
2068	23.9	8.7	19.7
2069	24.3	8.9	19.9
2070	24.6	9.1	20
2071	25	9.3	20.2
2072	25.4	9.5	20.3
2073	25.7	9.7	20.5
2074	26.1	9.8	20.7
2075	26.4	10	20.9
2076	26.8	10.2	21.1
2077	27.1	10.4	21.3
2078	27.5	10.5	21.5
2079	27.8	10.7	21.7
2080	28.1	10.9	21.9
2081	28.4	11.1	22.1
2082	28.7	11.3	22.3
2083	28.9	11.5	22.4
2084	29.1	11.7	22.6
2085	29.4	11.9	22.7
2086	29.6	12.1	22.8
2087	29.8	12.4	22.9
2088	30	12.6	22.9
2089	30.2	12.8	23
2090	30.4	13.1	23.1
2091	30.5	13.3	23.2
2092	30.7	13.5	23.3
2093	30.9	13.8	23.3
2094	31	14	23.4
2095	31.2	14.3	23.5
2096	31.3	14.5	23.6
2097	31.4	14.7	23.7
2098	31.6	15	23.7
2099	31.7	15.2	23.8
2100	31.9	15.4	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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