People aged 65 and over in Belize

People aged 65 and over in Belize: 3.6% in 1950 and 4.8% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 4.8%
Since 1950: +1.3 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 158 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 32.4%; 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 32.4% in 2100.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Belize	World
2023	4.8	10
2022	4.7	9.8
2021	4.6	9.5
2020	4.5	9.3
2019	4.4	9.1
2018	4.3	8.9
2017	4.2	8.7
2016	4.1	8.5
2015	4.1	8.3
2014	4	8.1
2013	4	7.9
2012	4	7.8
2011	4	7.7
2010	4	7.6
2009	4	7.5
2008	4	7.5
2007	4	7.4
2006	4	7.3
2005	4	7.3
2004	4	7.2
2003	4	7.1
2002	4	7
2001	4	6.9
2000	4	6.8
1999	3.9	6.8
1998	3.9	6.7
1997	3.8	6.6
1996	3.7	6.5
1995	3.7	6.5
1994	3.8	6.4
1993	3.9	6.3
1992	4	6.2
1991	4.1	6.1
1990	4.1	6.1
1989	4.1	6
1988	4.1	6
1987	4.2	5.9
1986	4.2	5.9
1985	4.2	5.8
1984	4.3	5.8
1983	4.3	5.8
1982	4.3	5.8
1981	4.4	5.8
1980	4.4	5.8
1979	4.4	5.8
1978	4.5	5.7
1977	4.5	5.6
1976	4.4	5.6
1975	4.4	5.5
1974	4.4	5.5
1973	4.3	5.4
1972	4.3	5.4
1971	4.2	5.3
1970	4.2	5.3
1969	4.2	5.2
1968	4.2	5.2
1967	4.2	5.2
1966	4.2	5.1
1965	4.2	5.1
1964	4.2	5
1963	4.2	5
1962	4.2	5
1961	4.2	5
1960	4.2	5
1959	4.1	5
1958	4.1	5
1957	4	5
1956	4	5
1955	3.9	5
1954	3.8	5
1953	3.8	5
1952	3.7	5
1951	3.6	5
1950	3.6	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Belize	World
2024	5	10.2
2025	5.2	10.4
2026	5.4	10.6
2027	5.7	10.8
2028	5.9	11.1
2029	6.1	11.5
2030	6.4	11.8
2031	6.6	12
2032	6.9	12.3
2033	7.1	12.6
2034	7.4	12.8
2035	7.7	13.1
2036	8	13.4
2037	8.3	13.7
2038	8.6	13.9
2039	8.9	14.1
2040	9.2	14.3
2041	9.5	14.5
2042	9.8	14.7
2043	10.2	14.9
2044	10.5	15
2045	10.8	15.2
2046	11.2	15.4
2047	11.6	15.7
2048	12	15.9
2049	12.4	16.1
2050	12.9	16.3
2051	13.3	16.6
2052	13.8	16.8
2053	14.3	17.1
2054	14.8	17.3
2055	15.4	17.6
2056	15.9	17.8
2057	16.5	18
2058	17.1	18.2
2059	17.7	18.4
2060	18.3	18.5
2061	18.9	18.7
2062	19.5	18.8
2063	20.1	19
2064	20.7	19.1
2065	21.3	19.3
2066	21.9	19.4
2067	22.5	19.6
2068	23.1	19.7
2069	23.6	19.9
2070	24	20
2071	24.5	20.2
2072	24.9	20.3
2073	25.2	20.5
2074	25.6	20.7
2075	25.9	20.9
2076	26.1	21.1
2077	26.4	21.3
2078	26.7	21.5
2079	27	21.7
2080	27.3	21.9
2081	27.6	22.1
2082	27.9	22.3
2083	28.3	22.4
2084	28.6	22.6
2085	28.8	22.7
2086	29	22.8
2087	29.1	22.9
2088	29.3	22.9
2089	29.6	23
2090	29.8	23.1
2091	30.1	23.2
2092	30.4	23.3
2093	30.7	23.3
2094	30.9	23.4
2095	31.2	23.5
2096	31.4	23.6
2097	31.7	23.7
2098	31.9	23.7
2099	32.1	23.8
2100	32.4	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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