People aged 65 and over in Barbados

People aged 65 and over in Barbados: 5.2% in 1950 and 16.1% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 16.1%
Since 1950: +10.9 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 63 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 32.8%; 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 32.8% in 2100.
The highest was 16.1% in 2023, the lowest 4.5% in 1960.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Barbados	World
2023	16.1	10
2022	15.7	9.8
2021	15.3	9.5
2020	14.8	9.3
2019	14.3	9.1
2018	13.9	8.9
2017	13.5	8.7
2016	13.2	8.5
2015	12.9	8.3
2014	12.6	8.1
2013	12.4	7.9
2012	12.1	7.8
2011	12	7.7
2010	11.8	7.6
2009	11.7	7.5
2008	11.5	7.5
2007	11.4	7.4
2006	11.3	7.3
2005	11.3	7.3
2004	11.3	7.2
2003	11.3	7.1
2002	11.3	7
2001	11.3	6.9
2000	11.3	6.8
1999	11.3	6.8
1998	11.2	6.7
1997	11.1	6.6
1996	11	6.5
1995	11	6.5
1994	10.9	6.4
1993	10.8	6.3
1992	10.8	6.2
1991	10.8	6.1
1990	10.8	6.1
1989	10.6	6
1988	10.3	6
1987	9.9	5.9
1986	9.6	5.9
1985	9.2	5.8
1984	8.8	5.8
1983	8.4	5.8
1982	8	5.8
1981	7.5	5.8
1980	7.1	5.8
1979	6.8	5.8
1978	6.6	5.7
1977	6.4	5.6
1976	6.3	5.6
1975	6.1	5.5
1974	6	5.5
1973	5.9	5.4
1972	5.8	5.4
1971	5.7	5.3
1970	5.6	5.3
1969	5.4	5.2
1968	5.3	5.2
1967	5.1	5.2
1966	4.9	5.1
1965	4.8	5.1
1964	4.7	5
1963	4.6	5
1962	4.6	5
1961	4.5	5
1960	4.5	5
1959	4.6	5
1958	4.7	5
1957	4.8	5
1956	4.9	5
1955	5	5
1954	5	5
1953	5.1	5
1952	5.1	5
1951	5.1	5
1950	5.2	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Barbados	World
2024	16.6	10.2
2025	17.1	10.4
2026	17.6	10.6
2027	18.1	10.8
2028	18.6	11.1
2029	19.1	11.5
2030	19.5	11.8
2031	20	12
2032	20.3	12.3
2033	20.7	12.6
2034	21	12.8
2035	21.3	13.1
2036	21.6	13.4
2037	22	13.7
2038	22.3	13.9
2039	22.5	14.1
2040	22.8	14.3
2041	23	14.5
2042	23.1	14.7
2043	23.3	14.9
2044	23.4	15
2045	23.5	15.2
2046	23.7	15.4
2047	23.8	15.7
2048	24.1	15.9
2049	24.3	16.1
2050	24.4	16.3
2051	24.6	16.6
2052	24.7	16.8
2053	24.8	17.1
2054	24.9	17.3
2055	25.1	17.6
2056	25.3	17.8
2057	25.6	18
2058	25.7	18.2
2059	25.9	18.4
2060	26	18.5
2061	26.1	18.7
2062	26.3	18.8
2063	26.5	19
2064	26.8	19.1
2065	27.1	19.3
2066	27.4	19.4
2067	27.6	19.6
2068	27.9	19.7
2069	28.1	19.9
2070	28.3	20
2071	28.5	20.2
2072	28.7	20.3
2073	29	20.5
2074	29.3	20.7
2075	29.5	20.9
2076	29.7	21.1
2077	29.8	21.3
2078	30	21.5
2079	30.1	21.7
2080	30.2	21.9
2081	30.4	22.1
2082	30.5	22.3
2083	30.6	22.4
2084	30.8	22.6
2085	30.9	22.7
2086	31	22.8
2087	31.1	22.9
2088	31.3	22.9
2089	31.4	23
2090	31.5	23.1
2091	31.7	23.2
2092	31.8	23.3
2093	31.9	23.3
2094	32.1	23.4
2095	32.2	23.5
2096	32.3	23.6
2097	32.4	23.7
2098	32.6	23.7
2099	32.7	23.8
2100	32.8	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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