People aged 65 and over in Chile

People aged 65 and over in Chile: 3.3% in 1950 and 13.7% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 13.7%
Since 1950: +10.4 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 76 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 42.1%; 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 42.1% in 2100.
The highest was 13.7% in 2023, the lowest 3.1% in 1954.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Chile	World
2023	13.7	10
2022	13.3	9.8
2021	13	9.5
2020	12.6	9.3
2019	12.3	9.1
2018	12.1	8.9
2017	11.8	8.7
2016	11.5	8.5
2015	11.3	8.3
2014	11	8.1
2013	10.7	7.9
2012	10.4	7.8
2011	10.2	7.7
2010	10	7.6
2009	9.8	7.5
2008	9.6	7.5
2007	9.4	7.4
2006	9.3	7.3
2005	9.1	7.3
2004	8.9	7.2
2003	8.7	7.1
2002	8.6	7
2001	8.4	6.9
2000	8.2	6.8
1999	8	6.8
1998	7.8	6.7
1997	7.6	6.6
1996	7.4	6.5
1995	7.2	6.5
1994	7	6.4
1993	6.8	6.3
1992	6.5	6.2
1991	6.3	6.1
1990	6	6.1
1989	5.8	6
1988	5.7	6
1987	5.5	5.9
1986	5.4	5.9
1985	5.3	5.8
1984	5.1	5.8
1983	5	5.8
1982	4.9	5.8
1981	4.8	5.8
1980	4.7	5.8
1979	4.6	5.8
1978	4.5	5.7
1977	4.5	5.6
1976	4.4	5.6
1975	4.3	5.5
1974	4.2	5.5
1973	4.1	5.4
1972	4	5.4
1971	4	5.3
1970	3.9	5.3
1969	3.9	5.2
1968	3.8	5.2
1967	3.8	5.2
1966	3.7	5.1
1965	3.7	5.1
1964	3.6	5
1963	3.5	5
1962	3.5	5
1961	3.4	5
1960	3.3	5
1959	3.3	5
1958	3.2	5
1957	3.2	5
1956	3.1	5
1955	3.1	5
1954	3.1	5
1953	3.1	5
1952	3.1	5
1951	3.2	5
1950	3.3	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Chile	World
2024	14.1	10.2
2025	14.6	10.4
2026	15.1	10.6
2027	15.5	10.8
2028	16	11.1
2029	16.5	11.5
2030	17	11.8
2031	17.5	12
2032	18	12.3
2033	18.5	12.6
2034	19	12.8
2035	19.5	13.1
2036	20	13.4
2037	20.4	13.7
2038	20.9	13.9
2039	21.4	14.1
2040	21.9	14.3
2041	22.3	14.5
2042	22.8	14.7
2043	23.2	14.9
2044	23.7	15
2045	24.2	15.2
2046	24.6	15.4
2047	25.1	15.7
2048	25.6	15.9
2049	26.1	16.1
2050	26.7	16.3
2051	27.2	16.6
2052	27.8	16.8
2053	28.5	17.1
2054	29.1	17.3
2055	29.8	17.6
2056	30.5	17.8
2057	31.2	18
2058	31.8	18.2
2059	32.5	18.4
2060	33.2	18.5
2061	33.8	18.7
2062	34.4	18.8
2063	35	19
2064	35.5	19.1
2065	36	19.3
2066	36.5	19.4
2067	36.9	19.6
2068	37.3	19.7
2069	37.6	19.9
2070	38	20
2071	38.2	20.2
2072	38.5	20.3
2073	38.9	20.5
2074	39.2	20.7
2075	39.5	20.9
2076	39.9	21.1
2077	40.2	21.3
2078	40.5	21.5
2079	40.9	21.7
2080	41.2	21.9
2081	41.5	22.1
2082	41.8	22.3
2083	42	22.4
2084	42.2	22.6
2085	42.4	22.7
2086	42.4	22.8
2087	42.4	22.9
2088	42.4	22.9
2089	42.4	23
2090	42.4	23.1
2091	42.3	23.2
2092	42.3	23.3
2093	42.2	23.3
2094	42.2	23.4
2095	42.2	23.5
2096	42.1	23.6
2097	42.1	23.7
2098	42.1	23.7
2099	42.1	23.8
2100	42.1	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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