People aged 65 and over in Colombia

People aged 65 and over in Colombia: 3.2% in 1950 and 9.4% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 9.4%
Since 1950: +6.2 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 107 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 35.4%; 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 35.4% in 2100.
The highest was 9.4% in 2023, the lowest 2.8% in 1965.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Colombia	World
2023	9.4	10
2022	9	9.8
2021	8.7	9.5
2020	8.5	9.3
2019	8.2	9.1
2018	7.9	8.9
2017	7.7	8.7
2016	7.4	8.5
2015	7.1	8.3
2014	6.8	8.1
2013	6.5	7.9
2012	6.3	7.8
2011	6.1	7.7
2010	5.8	7.6
2009	5.6	7.5
2008	5.5	7.5
2007	5.3	7.4
2006	5.1	7.3
2005	5	7.3
2004	4.9	7.2
2003	4.8	7.1
2002	4.7	7
2001	4.6	6.9
2000	4.6	6.8
1999	4.5	6.8
1998	4.4	6.7
1997	4.3	6.6
1996	4.3	6.5
1995	4.2	6.5
1994	4.1	6.4
1993	4.1	6.3
1992	4	6.2
1991	4	6.1
1990	3.9	6.1
1989	3.9	6
1988	3.8	6
1987	3.8	5.9
1986	3.7	5.9
1985	3.7	5.8
1984	3.6	5.8
1983	3.6	5.8
1982	3.5	5.8
1981	3.5	5.8
1980	3.4	5.8
1979	3.4	5.8
1978	3.3	5.7
1977	3.2	5.6
1976	3.1	5.6
1975	3.1	5.5
1974	3	5.5
1973	3	5.4
1972	2.9	5.4
1971	2.9	5.3
1970	2.9	5.3
1969	2.8	5.2
1968	2.8	5.2
1967	2.8	5.2
1966	2.8	5.1
1965	2.8	5.1
1964	2.8	5
1963	2.8	5
1962	2.8	5
1961	2.8	5
1960	2.9	5
1959	2.9	5
1958	2.9	5
1957	2.9	5
1956	3	5
1955	3	5
1954	3	5
1953	3.1	5
1952	3.1	5
1951	3.1	5
1950	3.2	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Colombia	World
2024	9.8	10.2
2025	10.2	10.4
2026	10.6	10.6
2027	11.1	10.8
2028	11.5	11.1
2029	12	11.5
2030	12.5	11.8
2031	12.9	12
2032	13.4	12.3
2033	13.8	12.6
2034	14.2	12.8
2035	14.6	13.1
2036	15	13.4
2037	15.3	13.7
2038	15.7	13.9
2039	16.1	14.1
2040	16.4	14.3
2041	16.8	14.5
2042	17.2	14.7
2043	17.6	14.9
2044	18	15
2045	18.4	15.2
2046	18.8	15.4
2047	19.2	15.7
2048	19.7	15.9
2049	20.1	16.1
2050	20.6	16.3
2051	21	16.6
2052	21.5	16.8
2053	22	17.1
2054	22.5	17.3
2055	23	17.6
2056	23.5	17.8
2057	24.1	18
2058	24.7	18.2
2059	25.3	18.4
2060	25.9	18.5
2061	26.5	18.7
2062	27.1	18.8
2063	27.7	19
2064	28.2	19.1
2065	28.8	19.3
2066	29.3	19.4
2067	29.8	19.6
2068	30.2	19.7
2069	30.7	19.9
2070	31.1	20
2071	31.4	20.2
2072	31.7	20.3
2073	32	20.5
2074	32.3	20.7
2075	32.6	20.9
2076	32.8	21.1
2077	32.9	21.3
2078	33.1	21.5
2079	33.2	21.7
2080	33.4	21.9
2081	33.5	22.1
2082	33.6	22.3
2083	33.7	22.4
2084	33.8	22.6
2085	33.9	22.7
2086	34.1	22.8
2087	34.2	22.9
2088	34.3	22.9
2089	34.5	23
2090	34.6	23.1
2091	34.7	23.2
2092	34.8	23.3
2093	34.9	23.3
2094	35	23.4
2095	35	23.5
2096	35.1	23.6
2097	35.2	23.7
2098	35.3	23.7
2099	35.3	23.8
2100	35.4	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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