People aged 65 and over in Azerbaijan

People aged 65 and over in Azerbaijan: 6.3% in 1950 and 8% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 8%
Since 1950: +1.7 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 120 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 28%; 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% in 2100.
The highest was 8% in 2023, the lowest 3.7% in 1987.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Azerbaijan	World
2023	8	10
2022	7.5	9.8
2021	7.1	9.5
2020	6.9	9.3
2019	6.6	9.1
2018	6.4	8.9
2017	6.1	8.7
2016	5.9	8.5
2015	5.8	8.3
2014	5.7	8.1
2013	5.7	7.9
2012	5.7	7.8
2011	5.7	7.7
2010	5.9	7.6
2009	6.1	7.5
2008	6.3	7.5
2007	6.5	7.4
2006	6.6	7.3
2005	6.6	7.3
2004	6.5	7.2
2003	6.3	7.1
2002	6.1	7
2001	5.8	6.9
2000	5.5	6.8
1999	5.3	6.8
1998	5.2	6.7
1997	5.1	6.6
1996	5.1	6.5
1995	5	6.5
1994	4.8	6.4
1993	4.5	6.3
1992	4.3	6.2
1991	4.1	6.1
1990	4	6.1
1989	3.8	6
1988	3.7	6
1987	3.7	5.9
1986	3.7	5.9
1985	3.7	5.8
1984	3.7	5.8
1983	3.7	5.8
1982	3.7	5.8
1981	3.8	5.8
1980	3.8	5.8
1979	3.9	5.8
1978	3.9	5.7
1977	4	5.6
1976	4	5.6
1975	4.1	5.5
1974	4.1	5.5
1973	4.1	5.4
1972	4.1	5.4
1971	4.1	5.3
1970	4.1	5.3
1969	4.1	5.2
1968	4.1	5.2
1967	4.2	5.2
1966	4.2	5.1
1965	4.2	5.1
1964	4.3	5
1963	4.3	5
1962	4.4	5
1961	4.5	5
1960	4.6	5
1959	4.8	5
1958	4.9	5
1957	5.1	5
1956	5.2	5
1955	5.4	5
1954	5.5	5
1953	5.7	5
1952	5.9	5
1951	6.1	5
1950	6.3	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Azerbaijan	World
2024	8.6	10.2
2025	9.2	10.4
2026	9.8	10.6
2027	10.4	10.8
2028	10.9	11.1
2029	11.4	11.5
2030	11.9	11.8
2031	12.4	12
2032	12.8	12.3
2033	13.2	12.6
2034	13.6	12.8
2035	13.9	13.1
2036	14.3	13.4
2037	14.5	13.7
2038	14.7	13.9
2039	14.9	14.1
2040	15	14.3
2041	15.3	14.5
2042	15.5	14.7
2043	15.7	14.9
2044	15.9	15
2045	16.3	15.2
2046	16.6	15.4
2047	16.9	15.7
2048	17.3	15.9
2049	17.7	16.1
2050	18.1	16.3
2051	18.6	16.6
2052	19.1	16.8
2053	19.6	17.1
2054	20.2	17.3
2055	20.8	17.6
2056	21.3	17.8
2057	21.8	18
2058	22.3	18.2
2059	22.6	18.4
2060	23	18.5
2061	23.2	18.7
2062	23.3	18.8
2063	23.3	19
2064	23.3	19.1
2065	23.2	19.3
2066	23.2	19.4
2067	23.1	19.6
2068	23	19.7
2069	23	19.9
2070	23.1	20
2071	23.3	20.2
2072	23.4	20.3
2073	23.7	20.5
2074	23.9	20.7
2075	24.3	20.9
2076	24.6	21.1
2077	25	21.3
2078	25.4	21.5
2079	25.7	21.7
2080	26.1	21.9
2081	26.4	22.1
2082	26.6	22.3
2083	26.7	22.4
2084	26.8	22.6
2085	27	22.7
2086	27.1	22.8
2087	27.2	22.9
2088	27.3	22.9
2089	27.3	23
2090	27.3	23.1
2091	27.4	23.2
2092	27.4	23.3
2093	27.4	23.3
2094	27.5	23.4
2095	27.5	23.5
2096	27.6	23.6
2097	27.7	23.7
2098	27.7	23.7
2099	27.8	23.8
2100	28	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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