People aged 65 and over in Brazil

People aged 65 and over in Brazil: 2.4% in 1950 and 10.6% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 10.6%
Since 1950: +8.3 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 102 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 33.6%; 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 33.6% in 2100.
The highest was 10.6% in 2023, the lowest 2.4% in 1951.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Brazil	World
2023	10.6	10
2022	10.3	9.8
2021	9.9	9.5
2020	9.6	9.3
2019	9.3	9.1
2018	8.9	8.9
2017	8.6	8.7
2016	8.3	8.5
2015	8	8.3
2014	7.7	8.1
2013	7.4	7.9
2012	7.1	7.8
2011	6.9	7.7
2010	6.7	7.6
2009	6.5	7.5
2008	6.3	7.5
2007	6.1	7.4
2006	5.9	7.3
2005	5.8	7.3
2004	5.6	7.2
2003	5.5	7.1
2002	5.4	7
2001	5.3	6.9
2000	5.2	6.8
1999	5.1	6.8
1998	5	6.7
1997	4.8	6.6
1996	4.7	6.5
1995	4.6	6.5
1994	4.5	6.4
1993	4.4	6.3
1992	4.3	6.2
1991	4.2	6.1
1990	4.1	6.1
1989	4	6
1988	3.9	6
1987	3.9	5.9
1986	3.8	5.9
1985	3.7	5.8
1984	3.7	5.8
1983	3.6	5.8
1982	3.6	5.8
1981	3.6	5.8
1980	3.5	5.8
1979	3.5	5.8
1978	3.4	5.7
1977	3.4	5.6
1976	3.3	5.6
1975	3.2	5.5
1974	3.2	5.5
1973	3.1	5.4
1972	3.1	5.4
1971	3	5.3
1970	3	5.3
1969	2.9	5.2
1968	2.9	5.2
1967	2.8	5.2
1966	2.8	5.1
1965	2.7	5.1
1964	2.7	5
1963	2.6	5
1962	2.6	5
1961	2.6	5
1960	2.5	5
1959	2.5	5
1958	2.5	5
1957	2.5	5
1956	2.4	5
1955	2.4	5
1954	2.4	5
1953	2.4	5
1952	2.4	5
1951	2.4	5
1950	2.4	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Brazil	World
2024	11.1	10.2
2025	11.5	10.4
2026	11.9	10.6
2027	12.4	10.8
2028	12.8	11.1
2029	13.3	11.5
2030	13.7	11.8
2031	14.1	12
2032	14.5	12.3
2033	14.9	12.6
2034	15.3	12.8
2035	15.7	13.1
2036	16.1	13.4
2037	16.5	13.7
2038	16.9	13.9
2039	17.3	14.1
2040	17.7	14.3
2041	18.1	14.5
2042	18.6	14.7
2043	19	14.9
2044	19.5	15
2045	20	15.2
2046	20.5	15.4
2047	21	15.7
2048	21.5	15.9
2049	22	16.1
2050	22.5	16.3
2051	23	16.6
2052	23.4	16.8
2053	23.9	17.1
2054	24.3	17.3
2055	24.7	17.6
2056	25.1	17.8
2057	25.4	18
2058	25.8	18.2
2059	26.1	18.4
2060	26.5	18.5
2061	26.8	18.7
2062	27.2	18.8
2063	27.5	19
2064	27.9	19.1
2065	28.2	19.3
2066	28.5	19.4
2067	28.8	19.6
2068	29	19.7
2069	29.3	19.9
2070	29.5	20
2071	29.7	20.2
2072	29.9	20.3
2073	30.1	20.5
2074	30.2	20.7
2075	30.4	20.9
2076	30.6	21.1
2077	30.7	21.3
2078	30.9	21.5
2079	31.1	21.7
2080	31.3	21.9
2081	31.5	22.1
2082	31.6	22.3
2083	31.8	22.4
2084	32	22.6
2085	32.2	22.7
2086	32.3	22.8
2087	32.4	22.9
2088	32.5	22.9
2089	32.6	23
2090	32.7	23.1
2091	32.8	23.2
2092	32.9	23.3
2093	33	23.3
2094	33.1	23.4
2095	33.2	23.5
2096	33.2	23.6
2097	33.3	23.7
2098	33.4	23.7
2099	33.5	23.8
2100	33.6	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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