People aged 65 and over in Cameroon

People aged 65 and over in Cameroon: 3.5% in 1950 and 2.8% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 2.8%
Since 1950: −0.7 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 211 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 13.8%; 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 13.8% in 2100.
The highest was 4.1% in 1970, the lowest 2.8% in 2022.

Every year

% of people · UN

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

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Cameroon	World
2024	2.8	10.2
2025	2.8	10.4
2026	2.8	10.6
2027	2.9	10.8
2028	2.9	11.1
2029	2.9	11.5
2030	3	11.8
2031	3	12
2032	3.1	12.3
2033	3.1	12.6
2034	3.2	12.8
2035	3.3	13.1
2036	3.3	13.4
2037	3.4	13.7
2038	3.5	13.9
2039	3.6	14.1
2040	3.7	14.3
2041	3.7	14.5
2042	3.8	14.7
2043	3.9	14.9
2044	4	15
2045	4.1	15.2
2046	4.3	15.4
2047	4.4	15.7
2048	4.5	15.9
2049	4.6	16.1
2050	4.7	16.3
2051	4.9	16.6
2052	5	16.8
2053	5.1	17.1
2054	5.3	17.3
2055	5.4	17.6
2056	5.5	17.8
2057	5.7	18
2058	5.8	18.2
2059	5.9	18.4
2060	6	18.5
2061	6.2	18.7
2062	6.3	18.8
2063	6.4	19
2064	6.5	19.1
2065	6.6	19.3
2066	6.8	19.4
2067	6.9	19.6
2068	7	19.7
2069	7.2	19.9
2070	7.4	20
2071	7.5	20.2
2072	7.7	20.3
2073	7.9	20.5
2074	8.1	20.7
2075	8.3	20.9
2076	8.5	21.1
2077	8.7	21.3
2078	8.9	21.5
2079	9.1	21.7
2080	9.3	21.9
2081	9.5	22.1
2082	9.8	22.3
2083	10	22.4
2084	10.2	22.6
2085	10.5	22.7
2086	10.7	22.8
2087	10.9	22.9
2088	11.1	22.9
2089	11.4	23
2090	11.6	23.1
2091	11.8	23.2
2092	12	23.3
2093	12.2	23.3
2094	12.5	23.4
2095	12.7	23.5
2096	12.9	23.6
2097	13.1	23.7
2098	13.3	23.7
2099	13.5	23.8
2100	13.8	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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