Curaçao
People aged 65 and over in Curaçao
People aged 65 and over in Curaçao: 5% in 1950 and 16.3% in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 16.3%
- Since 1950
- +11.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 61 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 10%
- Projected, 2100
- 35.5%
- UN projection (medium variant)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 35.5% in 2100.
- The highest was 16.3% in 2023, the lowest 4.2% in 1960.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Curaçao | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 16.3 | 10 |
| 2022 | 15.8 | 9.8 |
| 2021 | 15.3 | 9.5 |
| 2020 | 14.9 | 9.3 |
| 2019 | 14.1 | 9.1 |
| 2018 | 14.3 | 8.9 |
| 2017 | 14.8 | 8.7 |
| 2016 | 14.4 | 8.5 |
| 2015 | 13.9 | 8.3 |
| 2014 | 13.5 | 8.1 |
| 2013 | 13.1 | 7.9 |
| 2012 | 12.8 | 7.8 |
| 2011 | 12.4 | 7.7 |
| 2010 | 11.9 | 7.6 |
| 2009 | 11.5 | 7.5 |
| 2008 | 11.1 | 7.5 |
| 2007 | 10.8 | 7.4 |
| 2006 | 10.5 | 7.3 |
| 2005 | 10.2 | 7.3 |
| 2004 | 10 | 7.2 |
| 2003 | 9.8 | 7.1 |
| 2002 | 9.6 | 7 |
| 2001 | 9.4 | 6.9 |
| 2000 | 9.1 | 6.8 |
| 1999 | 8.8 | 6.8 |
| 1998 | 8.5 | 6.7 |
| 1997 | 8.2 | 6.6 |
| 1996 | 7.9 | 6.5 |
| 1995 | 7.7 | 6.5 |
| 1994 | 7.5 | 6.4 |
| 1993 | 7.3 | 6.3 |
| 1992 | 7.1 | 6.2 |
| 1991 | 7 | 6.1 |
| 1990 | 6.9 | 6.1 |
| 1989 | 6.7 | 6 |
| 1988 | 6.6 | 6 |
| 1987 | 6.5 | 5.9 |
| 1986 | 6.4 | 5.9 |
| 1985 | 6.3 | 5.8 |
| 1984 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| 1983 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| 1982 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 1981 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 1980 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| 1979 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| 1978 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| 1977 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| 1976 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| 1975 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 1974 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| 1973 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 1972 | 5.1 | 5.4 |
| 1971 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 1970 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| 1969 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 1968 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 1967 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| 1966 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 1965 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 1964 | 4.4 | 5 |
| 1963 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 1962 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 1961 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 1960 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 1959 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 1958 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 1957 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 1956 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 1955 | 4.4 | 5 |
| 1954 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 1953 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 1952 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 1951 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 1950 | 5 | 5.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Curaçao | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16.8 | 10.2 |
| 2025 | 17.3 | 10.4 |
| 2026 | 17.8 | 10.6 |
| 2027 | 18.4 | 10.8 |
| 2028 | 18.9 | 11.1 |
| 2029 | 19.4 | 11.5 |
| 2030 | 19.9 | 11.8 |
| 2031 | 20.4 | 12 |
| 2032 | 20.8 | 12.3 |
| 2033 | 21.1 | 12.6 |
| 2034 | 21.4 | 12.8 |
| 2035 | 21.7 | 13.1 |
| 2036 | 22 | 13.4 |
| 2037 | 22.2 | 13.7 |
| 2038 | 22.5 | 13.9 |
| 2039 | 22.7 | 14.1 |
| 2040 | 22.9 | 14.3 |
| 2041 | 23 | 14.5 |
| 2042 | 23.1 | 14.7 |
| 2043 | 23.2 | 14.9 |
| 2044 | 23.2 | 15 |
| 2045 | 23.3 | 15.2 |
| 2046 | 23.3 | 15.4 |
| 2047 | 23.4 | 15.7 |
| 2048 | 23.6 | 15.9 |
| 2049 | 23.7 | 16.1 |
| 2050 | 23.9 | 16.3 |
| 2051 | 24 | 16.6 |
| 2052 | 24.2 | 16.8 |
| 2053 | 24.4 | 17.1 |
| 2054 | 24.6 | 17.3 |
| 2055 | 25 | 17.6 |
| 2056 | 25.5 | 17.8 |
| 2057 | 26.1 | 18 |
| 2058 | 26.7 | 18.2 |
| 2059 | 27.5 | 18.4 |
| 2060 | 28.2 | 18.5 |
| 2061 | 28.9 | 18.7 |
| 2062 | 29.6 | 18.8 |
| 2063 | 30.1 | 19 |
| 2064 | 30.7 | 19.1 |
| 2065 | 31.1 | 19.3 |
| 2066 | 31.5 | 19.4 |
| 2067 | 31.9 | 19.6 |
| 2068 | 32.2 | 19.7 |
| 2069 | 32.5 | 19.9 |
| 2070 | 32.8 | 20 |
| 2071 | 33 | 20.2 |
| 2072 | 33.2 | 20.3 |
| 2073 | 33.5 | 20.5 |
| 2074 | 33.7 | 20.7 |
| 2075 | 34 | 20.9 |
| 2076 | 34.3 | 21.1 |
| 2077 | 34.7 | 21.3 |
| 2078 | 35.1 | 21.5 |
| 2079 | 35.5 | 21.7 |
| 2080 | 35.8 | 21.9 |
| 2081 | 36.1 | 22.1 |
| 2082 | 36.2 | 22.3 |
| 2083 | 36.3 | 22.4 |
| 2084 | 36.3 | 22.6 |
| 2085 | 36.2 | 22.7 |
| 2086 | 36.1 | 22.8 |
| 2087 | 35.9 | 22.9 |
| 2088 | 35.8 | 22.9 |
| 2089 | 35.7 | 23 |
| 2090 | 35.7 | 23.1 |
| 2091 | 35.6 | 23.2 |
| 2092 | 35.5 | 23.3 |
| 2093 | 35.5 | 23.3 |
| 2094 | 35.5 | 23.4 |
| 2095 | 35.5 | 23.5 |
| 2096 | 35.5 | 23.6 |
| 2097 | 35.5 | 23.7 |
| 2098 | 35.5 | 23.7 |
| 2099 | 35.5 | 23.8 |
| 2100 | 35.5 | 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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