People aged 65 and over in Botswana

People aged 65 and over in Botswana: 4.3% in 1950 and 4% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 4%
Since 1950: −0.4 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 176 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 21.2%; 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 21.2% in 2100.
The highest was 4.4% in 1956, the lowest 3% in 1982.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Botswana	World
2023	4	10
2022	3.9	9.8
2021	3.9	9.5
2020	3.9	9.3
2019	3.8	9.1
2018	3.8	8.9
2017	3.7	8.7
2016	3.6	8.5
2015	3.6	8.3
2014	3.5	8.1
2013	3.4	7.9
2012	3.4	7.8
2011	3.4	7.7
2010	3.4	7.6
2009	3.4	7.5
2008	3.4	7.5
2007	3.4	7.4
2006	3.4	7.3
2005	3.4	7.3
2004	3.4	7.2
2003	3.4	7.1
2002	3.4	7
2001	3.4	6.9
2000	3.3	6.8
1999	3.3	6.8
1998	3.3	6.7
1997	3.3	6.6
1996	3.2	6.5
1995	3.2	6.5
1994	3.2	6.4
1993	3.2	6.3
1992	3.2	6.2
1991	3.2	6.1
1990	3.2	6.1
1989	3.2	6
1988	3.2	6
1987	3.1	5.9
1986	3.1	5.9
1985	3	5.8
1984	3	5.8
1983	3	5.8
1982	3	5.8
1981	3	5.8
1980	3	5.8
1979	3	5.8
1978	3.1	5.7
1977	3.2	5.6
1976	3.4	5.6
1975	3.5	5.5
1974	3.6	5.5
1973	3.8	5.4
1972	4	5.4
1971	4.1	5.3
1970	4.1	5.3
1969	4.1	5.2
1968	4.1	5.2
1967	4	5.2
1966	3.9	5.1
1965	3.9	5.1
1964	4	5
1963	4	5
1962	4.1	5
1961	4.2	5
1960	4.3	5
1959	4.4	5
1958	4.4	5
1957	4.4	5
1956	4.4	5
1955	4.4	5
1954	4.4	5
1953	4.4	5
1952	4.4	5
1951	4.4	5
1950	4.3	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Botswana	World
2024	4	10.2
2025	4.1	10.4
2026	4.1	10.6
2027	4.2	10.8
2028	4.3	11.1
2029	4.4	11.5
2030	4.5	11.8
2031	4.6	12
2032	4.7	12.3
2033	4.9	12.6
2034	5	12.8
2035	5.2	13.1
2036	5.3	13.4
2037	5.4	13.7
2038	5.6	13.9
2039	5.7	14.1
2040	5.9	14.3
2041	6	14.5
2042	6.1	14.7
2043	6.3	14.9
2044	6.5	15
2045	6.7	15.2
2046	6.8	15.4
2047	7	15.7
2048	7.2	15.9
2049	7.4	16.1
2050	7.7	16.3
2051	8	16.6
2052	8.4	16.8
2053	8.7	17.1
2054	9	17.3
2055	9.4	17.6
2056	9.8	17.8
2057	10.3	18
2058	10.7	18.2
2059	11.2	18.4
2060	11.7	18.5
2061	12.1	18.7
2062	12.5	18.8
2063	12.8	19
2064	13.1	19.1
2065	13.4	19.3
2066	13.7	19.4
2067	14	19.6
2068	14.2	19.7
2069	14.5	19.9
2070	14.7	20
2071	14.9	20.2
2072	15.1	20.3
2073	15.3	20.5
2074	15.4	20.7
2075	15.6	20.9
2076	15.7	21.1
2077	15.9	21.3
2078	16	21.5
2079	16.1	21.7
2080	16.3	21.9
2081	16.5	22.1
2082	16.7	22.3
2083	16.9	22.4
2084	17.1	22.6
2085	17.3	22.7
2086	17.6	22.8
2087	18	22.9
2088	18.2	22.9
2089	18.5	23
2090	18.8	23.1
2091	19.1	23.2
2092	19.4	23.3
2093	19.6	23.3
2094	19.9	23.4
2095	20.1	23.5
2096	20.4	23.6
2097	20.6	23.7
2098	20.8	23.7
2099	21	23.8
2100	21.2	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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