British Virgin Islands

People aged 65 and over in British Virgin Islands

People aged 65 and over in British Virgin Islands: 8.7% in 1950 and 9.2% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 9.2%
Since 1950: +0.6 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 110 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 34.3%; 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 34.3% in 2100.
The highest was 9.2% in 2023, the lowest 4.4% in 1970.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	British Virgin Islands	World
2023	9.2	10
2022	8.9	9.8
2021	8.6	9.5
2020	8.3	9.3
2019	8.1	9.1
2018	7.8	8.9
2017	7.6	8.7
2016	7.2	8.5
2015	6.9	8.3
2014	6.7	8.1
2013	6.5	7.9
2012	6.3	7.8
2011	6.1	7.7
2010	5.9	7.6
2009	5.6	7.5
2008	5.4	7.5
2007	5.2	7.4
2006	5.1	7.3
2005	4.9	7.3
2004	4.8	7.2
2003	4.7	7.1
2002	4.6	7
2001	4.6	6.9
2000	4.6	6.8
1999	4.6	6.8
1998	4.7	6.7
1997	4.8	6.6
1996	4.9	6.5
1995	5	6.5
1994	5	6.4
1993	5.1	6.3
1992	5.1	6.2
1991	5.2	6.1
1990	5.3	6.1
1989	5.3	6
1988	5.3	6
1987	5.3	5.9
1986	5.3	5.9
1985	5.4	5.8
1984	5.5	5.8
1983	5.7	5.8
1982	5.8	5.8
1981	5.9	5.8
1980	5.9	5.8
1979	5.8	5.8
1978	5.6	5.7
1977	5.4	5.6
1976	5.1	5.6
1975	4.9	5.5
1974	4.7	5.5
1973	4.6	5.4
1972	4.5	5.4
1971	4.5	5.3
1970	4.4	5.3
1969	4.5	5.2
1968	4.6	5.2
1967	4.7	5.2
1966	4.8	5.1
1965	4.8	5.1
1964	4.9	5
1963	5	5
1962	5	5
1961	5.1	5
1960	5.2	5
1959	5.4	5
1958	5.7	5
1957	5.9	5
1956	6.2	5
1955	6.5	5
1954	6.9	5
1953	7.3	5
1952	7.7	5
1951	8.2	5
1950	8.7	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	British Virgin Islands	World
2024	9.6	10.2
2025	10.1	10.4
2026	10.6	10.6
2027	11.2	10.8
2028	11.8	11.1
2029	12.3	11.5
2030	12.9	11.8
2031	13.4	12
2032	14	12.3
2033	14.6	12.6
2034	15.3	12.8
2035	16	13.1
2036	16.7	13.4
2037	17.3	13.7
2038	18	13.9
2039	18.7	14.1
2040	19.5	14.3
2041	20.2	14.5
2042	21	14.7
2043	21.8	14.9
2044	22.7	15
2045	23.7	15.2
2046	24.6	15.4
2047	25.6	15.7
2048	26.4	15.9
2049	27.3	16.1
2050	28.1	16.3
2051	28.9	16.6
2052	29.5	16.8
2053	30.1	17.1
2054	30.7	17.3
2055	31.2	17.6
2056	31.7	17.8
2057	32.1	18
2058	32.4	18.2
2059	32.7	18.4
2060	33	18.5
2061	33.2	18.7
2062	33.4	18.8
2063	33.5	19
2064	33.6	19.1
2065	33.7	19.3
2066	33.7	19.4
2067	33.7	19.6
2068	33.7	19.7
2069	33.8	19.9
2070	33.9	20
2071	34.1	20.2
2072	34.3	20.3
2073	34.7	20.5
2074	35	20.7
2075	35.2	20.9
2076	35.2	21.1
2077	35.2	21.3
2078	35.1	21.5
2079	35.1	21.7
2080	35.1	21.9
2081	35.2	22.1
2082	35.2	22.3
2083	35.1	22.4
2084	35	22.6
2085	34.9	22.7
2086	34.8	22.8
2087	34.7	22.9
2088	34.7	22.9
2089	34.6	23
2090	34.5	23.1
2091	34.5	23.2
2092	34.4	23.3
2093	34.4	23.3
2094	34.4	23.4
2095	34.4	23.5
2096	34.3	23.6
2097	34.3	23.7
2098	34.3	23.7
2099	34.3	23.8
2100	34.3	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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