People aged 65 and over in Algeria

People aged 65 and over in Algeria: 3.5% in 1950 and 6.4% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 6.4%
Since 1950: +2.9 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 138 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 28.9%; UN projection (medium variant)

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% of people · UN

Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)World

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 28.9% in 2100.
The highest was 6.4% in 2023, the lowest 3.1% in 1959.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Algeria	World
2023	6.4	10
2022	6.2	9.8
2021	6	9.5
2020	5.9	9.3
2019	5.8	9.1
2018	5.6	8.9
2017	5.5	8.7
2016	5.3	8.5
2015	5.2	8.3
2014	5.1	8.1
2013	5	7.9
2012	4.9	7.8
2011	4.9	7.7
2010	4.9	7.6
2009	4.9	7.5
2008	4.9	7.5
2007	4.9	7.4
2006	4.8	7.3
2005	4.8	7.3
2004	4.7	7.2
2003	4.6	7.1
2002	4.5	7
2001	4.5	6.9
2000	4.4	6.8
1999	4.3	6.8
1998	4.2	6.7
1997	4.1	6.6
1996	3.9	6.5
1995	3.8	6.5
1994	3.6	6.4
1993	3.5	6.3
1992	3.3	6.2
1991	3.2	6.1
1990	3.2	6.1
1989	3.2	6
1988	3.2	6
1987	3.2	5.9
1986	3.2	5.9
1985	3.2	5.8
1984	3.2	5.8
1983	3.2	5.8
1982	3.2	5.8
1981	3.2	5.8
1980	3.2	5.8
1979	3.3	5.8
1978	3.3	5.7
1977	3.3	5.6
1976	3.4	5.6
1975	3.4	5.5
1974	3.4	5.5
1973	3.5	5.4
1972	3.5	5.4
1971	3.6	5.3
1970	3.7	5.3
1969	3.7	5.2
1968	3.8	5.2
1967	3.9	5.2
1966	3.9	5.1
1965	3.9	5.1
1964	3.8	5
1963	3.7	5
1962	3.5	5
1961	3.2	5
1960	3.1	5
1959	3.1	5
1958	3.1	5
1957	3.2	5
1956	3.3	5
1955	3.3	5
1954	3.4	5
1953	3.4	5
1952	3.4	5
1951	3.4	5
1950	3.5	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Algeria	World
2024	6.6	10.2
2025	6.8	10.4
2026	7	10.6
2027	7.3	10.8
2028	7.6	11.1
2029	7.9	11.5
2030	8.2	11.8
2031	8.5	12
2032	8.8	12.3
2033	9.2	12.6
2034	9.5	12.8
2035	9.9	13.1
2036	10.3	13.4
2037	10.6	13.7
2038	11	13.9
2039	11.4	14.1
2040	11.8	14.3
2041	12.1	14.5
2042	12.5	14.7
2043	13	14.9
2044	13.4	15
2045	13.9	15.2
2046	14.3	15.4
2047	14.8	15.7
2048	15.3	15.9
2049	15.7	16.1
2050	16.2	16.3
2051	16.6	16.6
2052	17	16.8
2053	17.4	17.1
2054	17.8	17.3
2055	18.1	17.6
2056	18.4	17.8
2057	18.7	18
2058	18.9	18.2
2059	19.2	18.4
2060	19.3	18.5
2061	19.5	18.7
2062	19.6	18.8
2063	19.6	19
2064	19.6	19.1
2065	19.5	19.3
2066	19.5	19.4
2067	19.5	19.6
2068	19.5	19.7
2069	19.5	19.9
2070	19.5	20
2071	19.6	20.2
2072	19.8	20.3
2073	20	20.5
2074	20.3	20.7
2075	20.6	20.9
2076	20.9	21.1
2077	21.3	21.3
2078	21.7	21.5
2079	22.2	21.7
2080	22.7	21.9
2081	23.3	22.1
2082	23.8	22.3
2083	24.3	22.4
2084	24.8	22.6
2085	25.3	22.7
2086	25.8	22.8
2087	26.2	22.9
2088	26.6	22.9
2089	26.9	23
2090	27.2	23.1
2091	27.5	23.2
2092	27.7	23.3
2093	27.9	23.3
2094	28.1	23.4
2095	28.3	23.5
2096	28.4	23.6
2097	28.5	23.7
2098	28.6	23.7
2099	28.7	23.8
2100	28.9	23.9

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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