People aged 65 and over in China

People aged 65 and over in China: 5% in 1950 and 14.3% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 14.3%
Since 1950: +9.3 percentage points
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 45.8%; 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 45.8% in 2100.
The highest was 14.3% in 2023, the lowest 3.6% in 1966.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	China	World
2023	14.3	10
2022	13.8	9.8
2021	13.2	9.5
2020	12.7	9.3
2019	12.1	9.1
2018	11.5	8.9
2017	11	8.7
2016	10.5	8.5
2015	10.1	8.3
2014	9.7	8.1
2013	9.4	7.9
2012	9.1	7.8
2011	8.9	7.7
2010	8.7	7.6
2009	8.5	7.5
2008	8.4	7.5
2007	8.2	7.4
2006	8.1	7.3
2005	7.9	7.3
2004	7.7	7.2
2003	7.6	7.1
2002	7.4	7
2001	7.2	6.9
2000	7	6.8
1999	6.8	6.8
1998	6.6	6.7
1997	6.4	6.6
1996	6.2	6.5
1995	6.1	6.5
1994	5.9	6.4
1993	5.7	6.3
1992	5.6	6.2
1991	5.5	6.1
1990	5.3	6.1
1989	5.2	6
1988	5.1	6
1987	5	5.9
1986	4.9	5.9
1985	4.8	5.8
1984	4.7	5.8
1983	4.7	5.8
1982	4.6	5.8
1981	4.5	5.8
1980	4.4	5.8
1979	4.3	5.8
1978	4.2	5.7
1977	4.1	5.6
1976	4	5.6
1975	4	5.5
1974	3.9	5.5
1973	3.8	5.4
1972	3.8	5.4
1971	3.7	5.3
1970	3.7	5.3
1969	3.7	5.2
1968	3.7	5.2
1967	3.6	5.2
1966	3.6	5.1
1965	3.6	5.1
1964	3.7	5
1963	3.8	5
1962	3.8	5
1961	3.9	5
1960	4	5
1959	4.1	5
1958	4.1	5
1957	4.2	5
1956	4.3	5
1955	4.4	5
1954	4.5	5
1953	4.6	5
1952	4.8	5
1951	4.9	5
1950	5	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	China	World
2024	14.7	10.2
2025	14.9	10.4
2026	15.1	10.6
2027	15.6	10.8
2028	16.5	11.1
2029	17.5	11.5
2030	18.3	11.8
2031	19.2	12
2032	20	12.3
2033	20.9	12.6
2034	21.8	12.8
2035	22.8	13.1
2036	23.7	13.4
2037	24.6	13.7
2038	25.4	13.9
2039	26.1	14.1
2040	26.6	14.3
2041	27.1	14.5
2042	27.5	14.7
2043	27.8	14.9
2044	28.1	15
2045	28.5	15.2
2046	28.9	15.4
2047	29.4	15.7
2048	29.9	15.9
2049	30.4	16.1
2050	30.9	16.3
2051	31.6	16.6
2052	32.4	16.8
2053	33.2	17.1
2054	34	17.3
2055	34.8	17.6
2056	35.6	17.8
2057	36.1	18
2058	36.5	18.2
2059	36.9	18.4
2060	37.3	18.5
2061	37.6	18.7
2062	37.9	18.8
2063	38.1	19
2064	38.4	19.1
2065	38.6	19.3
2066	38.9	19.4
2067	39.1	19.6
2068	39.4	19.7
2069	39.6	19.9
2070	39.9	20
2071	40.2	20.2
2072	40.6	20.3
2073	41	20.5
2074	41.5	20.7
2075	42	20.9
2076	42.5	21.1
2077	43.1	21.3
2078	43.8	21.5
2079	44.4	21.7
2080	45.1	21.9
2081	45.7	22.1
2082	46.5	22.3
2083	47.1	22.4
2084	47.5	22.6
2085	47.7	22.7
2086	47.8	22.8
2087	47.7	22.9
2088	47.6	22.9
2089	47.4	23
2090	47.2	23.1
2091	47.1	23.2
2092	46.9	23.3
2093	46.8	23.3
2094	46.6	23.4
2095	46.5	23.5
2096	46.3	23.6
2097	46.2	23.7
2098	46.1	23.7
2099	45.9	23.8
2100	45.8	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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