People aged 65 and over in Chad

People aged 65 and over in Chad: 4.3% in 1950 and 2.1% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 2.1%
Since 1950: −2.2 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 226 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 10%; 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 10% in 2100.
The highest was 4.3% in 1950, the lowest 2% in 2017.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Chad	World
2023	2.1	10
2022	2.1	9.8
2021	2	9.5
2020	2	9.3
2019	2	9.1
2018	2	8.9
2017	2	8.7
2016	2.1	8.5
2015	2.1	8.3
2014	2.1	8.1
2013	2.1	7.9
2012	2.1	7.8
2011	2.2	7.7
2010	2.2	7.6
2009	2.3	7.5
2008	2.3	7.5
2007	2.4	7.4
2006	2.5	7.3
2005	2.5	7.3
2004	2.6	7.2
2003	2.6	7.1
2002	2.7	7
2001	2.8	6.9
2000	2.8	6.8
1999	2.9	6.8
1998	3	6.7
1997	3	6.6
1996	3.1	6.5
1995	3.2	6.5
1994	3.2	6.4
1993	3.3	6.3
1992	3.3	6.2
1991	3.4	6.1
1990	3.5	6.1
1989	3.5	6
1988	3.5	6
1987	3.6	5.9
1986	3.6	5.9
1985	3.7	5.8
1984	3.7	5.8
1983	3.7	5.8
1982	3.7	5.8
1981	3.8	5.8
1980	3.8	5.8
1979	3.8	5.8
1978	3.8	5.7
1977	3.8	5.6
1976	3.8	5.6
1975	3.8	5.5
1974	3.9	5.5
1973	3.9	5.4
1972	3.9	5.4
1971	3.9	5.3
1970	3.9	5.3
1969	4	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	4	5
1960	4	5
1959	4	5
1958	4	5
1957	4.1	5
1956	4.1	5
1955	4.1	5
1954	4.2	5
1953	4.2	5
1952	4.2	5
1951	4.3	5
1950	4.3	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Chad	World
2024	2.1	10.2
2025	2.1	10.4
2026	2.1	10.6
2027	2.2	10.8
2028	2.2	11.1
2029	2.2	11.5
2030	2.3	11.8
2031	2.3	12
2032	2.3	12.3
2033	2.4	12.6
2034	2.4	12.8
2035	2.5	13.1
2036	2.5	13.4
2037	2.6	13.7
2038	2.6	13.9
2039	2.7	14.1
2040	2.7	14.3
2041	2.8	14.5
2042	2.8	14.7
2043	2.9	14.9
2044	2.9	15
2045	3	15.2
2046	3	15.4
2047	3.1	15.7
2048	3.1	15.9
2049	3.2	16.1
2050	3.2	16.3
2051	3.3	16.6
2052	3.3	16.8
2053	3.4	17.1
2054	3.5	17.3
2055	3.6	17.6
2056	3.6	17.8
2057	3.7	18
2058	3.8	18.2
2059	3.9	18.4
2060	4	18.5
2061	4.2	18.7
2062	4.3	18.8
2063	4.4	19
2064	4.5	19.1
2065	4.7	19.3
2066	4.8	19.4
2067	4.9	19.6
2068	5	19.7
2069	5.1	19.9
2070	5.2	20
2071	5.3	20.2
2072	5.4	20.3
2073	5.6	20.5
2074	5.7	20.7
2075	5.8	20.9
2076	5.9	21.1
2077	6	21.3
2078	6.2	21.5
2079	6.3	21.7
2080	6.4	21.9
2081	6.6	22.1
2082	6.7	22.3
2083	6.8	22.4
2084	7	22.6
2085	7.2	22.7
2086	7.3	22.8
2087	7.5	22.9
2088	7.7	22.9
2089	7.9	23
2090	8.1	23.1
2091	8.3	23.2
2092	8.5	23.3
2093	8.7	23.3
2094	8.9	23.4
2095	9.1	23.5
2096	9.3	23.6
2097	9.5	23.7
2098	9.7	23.7
2099	9.9	23.8
2100	10	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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