People aged 65 and over in Costa Rica

People aged 65 and over in Costa Rica: 3.3% in 1950 and 11.7% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 11.7%
Since 1950: +8.4 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 93 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 40.5%; 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 40.5% in 2100.
The highest was 11.7% in 2023, the lowest 3% in 1960.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Costa Rica	World
2023	11.7	10
2022	11.3	9.8
2021	10.9	9.5
2020	10.5	9.3
2019	10.1	9.1
2018	9.7	8.9
2017	9.4	8.7
2016	9.1	8.5
2015	8.8	8.3
2014	8.5	8.1
2013	8.2	7.9
2012	7.9	7.8
2011	7.6	7.7
2010	7.4	7.6
2009	7.1	7.5
2008	6.9	7.5
2007	6.7	7.4
2006	6.5	7.3
2005	6.4	7.3
2004	6.2	7.2
2003	6	7.1
2002	5.9	7
2001	5.7	6.9
2000	5.6	6.8
1999	5.4	6.8
1998	5.3	6.7
1997	5.2	6.6
1996	5.1	6.5
1995	5	6.5
1994	4.9	6.4
1993	4.8	6.3
1992	4.7	6.2
1991	4.6	6.1
1990	4.5	6.1
1989	4.4	6
1988	4.3	6
1987	4.3	5.9
1986	4.2	5.9
1985	4.1	5.8
1984	4.1	5.8
1983	4	5.8
1982	4	5.8
1981	3.9	5.8
1980	3.9	5.8
1979	3.8	5.8
1978	3.8	5.7
1977	3.7	5.6
1976	3.6	5.6
1975	3.6	5.5
1974	3.5	5.5
1973	3.4	5.4
1972	3.3	5.4
1971	3.3	5.3
1970	3.2	5.3
1969	3.2	5.2
1968	3.2	5.2
1967	3.1	5.2
1966	3.1	5.1
1965	3.1	5.1
1964	3.1	5
1963	3.1	5
1962	3	5
1961	3	5
1960	3	5
1959	3	5
1958	3.1	5
1957	3.1	5
1956	3.1	5
1955	3.1	5
1954	3.1	5
1953	3.2	5
1952	3.2	5
1951	3.3	5
1950	3.3	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Costa Rica	World
2024	12.2	10.2
2025	12.8	10.4
2026	13.3	10.6
2027	13.9	10.8
2028	14.4	11.1
2029	15	11.5
2030	15.5	11.8
2031	16	12
2032	16.5	12.3
2033	17	12.6
2034	17.5	12.8
2035	17.9	13.1
2036	18.4	13.4
2037	18.8	13.7
2038	19.2	13.9
2039	19.6	14.1
2040	20.1	14.3
2041	20.5	14.5
2042	21	14.7
2043	21.4	14.9
2044	21.9	15
2045	22.4	15.2
2046	23	15.4
2047	23.5	15.7
2048	24.1	15.9
2049	24.7	16.1
2050	25.3	16.3
2051	25.9	16.6
2052	26.5	16.8
2053	27.2	17.1
2054	27.8	17.3
2055	28.4	17.6
2056	29	17.8
2057	29.5	18
2058	30.1	18.2
2059	30.7	18.4
2060	31.2	18.5
2061	31.8	18.7
2062	32.3	18.8
2063	32.8	19
2064	33.3	19.1
2065	33.8	19.3
2066	34.3	19.4
2067	34.8	19.6
2068	35.1	19.7
2069	35.5	19.9
2070	35.9	20
2071	36.2	20.2
2072	36.6	20.3
2073	36.9	20.5
2074	37.3	20.7
2075	37.7	20.9
2076	38	21.1
2077	38.3	21.3
2078	38.7	21.5
2079	39	21.7
2080	39.3	21.9
2081	39.6	22.1
2082	39.9	22.3
2083	40.2	22.4
2084	40.5	22.6
2085	40.6	22.7
2086	40.7	22.8
2087	40.7	22.9
2088	40.6	22.9
2089	40.6	23
2090	40.6	23.1
2091	40.6	23.2
2092	40.6	23.3
2093	40.6	23.3
2094	40.5	23.4
2095	40.5	23.5
2096	40.5	23.6
2097	40.5	23.7
2098	40.5	23.7
2099	40.5	23.8
2100	40.5	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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