People aged 65 and over in Cyprus

People aged 65 and over in Cyprus: 5.9% in 1950 and 14.3% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 14.3%
Since 1950: +8.4 percentage points
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 34.5%; 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 34.5% in 2100.
The highest was 14.3% in 2023, the lowest 5.8% in 1960.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Cyprus	World
2023	14.3	10
2022	14.1	9.8
2021	13.9	9.5
2020	13.6	9.3
2019	13.4	9.1
2018	13.2	8.9
2017	13	8.7
2016	12.7	8.5
2015	12.5	8.3
2014	12.3	8.1
2013	12	7.9
2012	11.8	7.8
2011	11.6	7.7
2010	11.3	7.6
2009	11.1	7.5
2008	10.9	7.5
2007	10.7	7.4
2006	10.5	7.3
2005	10.3	7.3
2004	10.2	7.2
2003	10.1	7.1
2002	10.1	7
2001	10	6.9
2000	9.9	6.8
1999	9.9	6.8
1998	9.8	6.7
1997	9.8	6.6
1996	9.7	6.5
1995	9.7	6.5
1994	9.8	6.4
1993	9.8	6.3
1992	9.8	6.2
1991	9.8	6.1
1990	9.7	6.1
1989	9.6	6
1988	9.6	6
1987	9.5	5.9
1986	9.5	5.9
1985	9.6	5.8
1984	9.6	5.8
1983	9.6	5.8
1982	9.7	5.8
1981	9.6	5.8
1980	9.6	5.8
1979	9.5	5.8
1978	9.5	5.7
1977	9.4	5.6
1976	9.3	5.6
1975	9.2	5.5
1974	9.1	5.5
1973	9	5.4
1972	8.9	5.4
1971	8.5	5.3
1970	8.2	5.3
1969	7.9	5.2
1968	7.6	5.2
1967	7.4	5.2
1966	7.1	5.1
1965	6.9	5.1
1964	6.7	5
1963	6.4	5
1962	6.1	5
1961	5.9	5
1960	5.8	5
1959	5.9	5
1958	6	5
1957	6	5
1956	6.1	5
1955	6.1	5
1954	6.1	5
1953	6	5
1952	6	5
1951	5.9	5
1950	5.9	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Cyprus	World
2024	14.6	10.2
2025	14.9	10.4
2026	15.3	10.6
2027	15.6	10.8
2028	15.9	11.1
2029	16.2	11.5
2030	16.6	11.8
2031	16.9	12
2032	17.3	12.3
2033	17.7	12.6
2034	18	12.8
2035	18.4	13.1
2036	18.8	13.4
2037	19.2	13.7
2038	19.6	13.9
2039	20	14.1
2040	20.4	14.3
2041	20.8	14.5
2042	21.3	14.7
2043	21.9	14.9
2044	22.4	15
2045	23	15.2
2046	23.7	15.4
2047	24.3	15.7
2048	25	15.9
2049	25.8	16.1
2050	26.5	16.3
2051	27.3	16.6
2052	28.1	16.8
2053	28.8	17.1
2054	29.6	17.3
2055	30.3	17.6
2056	30.9	17.8
2057	31.4	18
2058	31.9	18.2
2059	32.2	18.4
2060	32.5	18.5
2061	32.7	18.7
2062	32.9	18.8
2063	33	19
2064	33.1	19.1
2065	33.1	19.3
2066	33.1	19.4
2067	33.1	19.6
2068	33.1	19.7
2069	33.1	19.9
2070	33	20
2071	33	20.2
2072	32.9	20.3
2073	32.9	20.5
2074	32.8	20.7
2075	32.8	20.9
2076	32.8	21.1
2077	32.7	21.3
2078	32.7	21.5
2079	32.7	21.7
2080	32.7	21.9
2081	32.7	22.1
2082	32.8	22.3
2083	32.8	22.4
2084	32.8	22.6
2085	32.9	22.7
2086	33	22.8
2087	33.2	22.9
2088	33.3	22.9
2089	33.5	23
2090	33.6	23.1
2091	33.7	23.2
2092	33.8	23.3
2093	34	23.3
2094	34	23.4
2095	34.1	23.5
2096	34.2	23.6
2097	34.3	23.7
2098	34.4	23.7
2099	34.4	23.8
2100	34.5	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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