People aged 65 and over in Canada

People aged 65 and over in Canada: 7.7% in 1950 and 19.4% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 19.4%
Since 1950: +11.7 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 40 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 30.4%; 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 30.4% in 2100.
The highest was 19.4% in 2023, the lowest 7.6% in 1959.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Canada	World
2023	19.4	10
2022	18.9	9.8
2021	18.5	9.5
2020	18	9.3
2019	17.5	9.1
2018	17.1	8.9
2017	16.8	8.7
2016	16.4	8.5
2015	16	8.3
2014	15.6	8.1
2013	15.2	7.9
2012	14.8	7.8
2011	14.4	7.7
2010	14.1	7.6
2009	13.9	7.5
2008	13.6	7.5
2007	13.4	7.4
2006	13.2	7.3
2005	13.1	7.3
2004	12.9	7.2
2003	12.8	7.1
2002	12.7	7
2001	12.6	6.9
2000	12.5	6.8
1999	12.4	6.8
1998	12.3	6.7
1997	12.2	6.6
1996	12.1	6.5
1995	12	6.5
1994	11.8	6.4
1993	11.7	6.3
1992	11.6	6.2
1991	11.4	6.1
1990	11.2	6.1
1989	11.1	6
1988	10.9	6
1987	10.7	5.9
1986	10.5	5.9
1985	10.2	5.8
1984	10	5.8
1983	9.8	5.8
1982	9.7	5.8
1981	9.6	5.8
1980	9.4	5.8
1979	9.2	5.8
1978	9	5.7
1977	8.8	5.6
1976	8.6	5.6
1975	8.4	5.5
1974	8.3	5.5
1973	8.2	5.4
1972	8.1	5.4
1971	8	5.3
1970	7.9	5.3
1969	7.9	5.2
1968	7.8	5.2
1967	7.7	5.2
1966	7.7	5.1
1965	7.7	5.1
1964	7.6	5
1963	7.6	5
1962	7.6	5
1961	7.6	5
1960	7.6	5
1959	7.6	5
1958	7.6	5
1957	7.7	5
1956	7.7	5
1955	7.8	5
1954	7.8	5
1953	7.8	5
1952	7.8	5
1951	7.8	5
1950	7.7	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Canada	World
2024	19.8	10.2
2025	20.3	10.4
2026	20.7	10.6
2027	21.2	10.8
2028	21.7	11.1
2029	22.1	11.5
2030	22.5	11.8
2031	22.9	12
2032	23.1	12.3
2033	23.3	12.6
2034	23.5	12.8
2035	23.7	13.1
2036	23.9	13.4
2037	24.1	13.7
2038	24.2	13.9
2039	24.3	14.1
2040	24.4	14.3
2041	24.5	14.5
2042	24.6	14.7
2043	24.7	14.9
2044	24.8	15
2045	25	15.2
2046	25.1	15.4
2047	25.2	15.7
2048	25.4	15.9
2049	25.5	16.1
2050	25.7	16.3
2051	25.8	16.6
2052	26	16.8
2053	26.1	17.1
2054	26.3	17.3
2055	26.5	17.6
2056	26.7	17.8
2057	26.8	18
2058	27	18.2
2059	27.2	18.4
2060	27.4	18.5
2061	27.6	18.7
2062	27.7	18.8
2063	27.9	19
2064	28.1	19.1
2065	28.3	19.3
2066	28.5	19.4
2067	28.6	19.6
2068	28.7	19.7
2069	28.8	19.9
2070	28.9	20
2071	29	20.2
2072	29.1	20.3
2073	29.2	20.5
2074	29.4	20.7
2075	29.5	20.9
2076	29.6	21.1
2077	29.6	21.3
2078	29.7	21.5
2079	29.8	21.7
2080	29.8	21.9
2081	29.9	22.1
2082	29.9	22.3
2083	30	22.4
2084	30	22.6
2085	30	22.7
2086	30.1	22.8
2087	30.1	22.9
2088	30.1	22.9
2089	30.1	23
2090	30.1	23.1
2091	30.2	23.2
2092	30.2	23.3
2093	30.2	23.3
2094	30.2	23.4
2095	30.2	23.5
2096	30.3	23.6
2097	30.3	23.7
2098	30.3	23.7
2099	30.3	23.8
2100	30.4	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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