People aged 65 and over in Djibouti

People aged 65 and over in Djibouti: 2% in 1950 and 4.7% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 4.7%
Since 1950: +2.8 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 159 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 19.2%; 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 19.2% in 2100.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Djibouti	World
2023	4.7	10
2022	4.6	9.8
2021	4.5	9.5
2020	4.5	9.3
2019	4.4	9.1
2018	4.3	8.9
2017	4.3	8.7
2016	4.2	8.5
2015	4.1	8.3
2014	4	8.1
2013	3.9	7.9
2012	3.8	7.8
2011	3.7	7.7
2010	3.7	7.6
2009	3.6	7.5
2008	3.5	7.5
2007	3.5	7.4
2006	3.4	7.3
2005	3.4	7.3
2004	3.3	7.2
2003	3.2	7.1
2002	3.2	7
2001	3.2	6.9
2000	3.2	6.8
1999	3.1	6.8
1998	3.1	6.7
1997	3.2	6.6
1996	3.1	6.5
1995	3.1	6.5
1994	3.1	6.4
1993	3.1	6.3
1992	3	6.2
1991	3	6.1
1990	3	6.1
1989	3	6
1988	2.9	6
1987	2.9	5.9
1986	2.9	5.9
1985	2.9	5.8
1984	2.9	5.8
1983	2.8	5.8
1982	2.8	5.8
1981	2.8	5.8
1980	2.8	5.8
1979	2.7	5.8
1978	2.7	5.7
1977	2.7	5.6
1976	2.7	5.6
1975	2.7	5.5
1974	2.6	5.5
1973	2.6	5.4
1972	2.6	5.4
1971	2.6	5.3
1970	2.6	5.3
1969	2.6	5.2
1968	2.5	5.2
1967	2.5	5.2
1966	2.5	5.1
1965	2.5	5.1
1964	2.5	5
1963	2.4	5
1962	2.4	5
1961	2.4	5
1960	2.4	5
1959	2.3	5
1958	2.3	5
1957	2.3	5
1956	2.2	5
1955	2.2	5
1954	2.2	5
1953	2.1	5
1952	2.1	5
1951	2	5
1950	2	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Djibouti	World
2024	4.9	10.2
2025	5	10.4
2026	5.1	10.6
2027	5.2	10.8
2028	5.4	11.1
2029	5.5	11.5
2030	5.7	11.8
2031	5.9	12
2032	6.1	12.3
2033	6.3	12.6
2034	6.5	12.8
2035	6.7	13.1
2036	6.9	13.4
2037	7.2	13.7
2038	7.4	13.9
2039	7.6	14.1
2040	7.9	14.3
2041	8.1	14.5
2042	8.3	14.7
2043	8.6	14.9
2044	8.8	15
2045	9	15.2
2046	9.2	15.4
2047	9.4	15.7
2048	9.6	15.9
2049	9.7	16.1
2050	9.9	16.3
2051	10.1	16.6
2052	10.3	16.8
2053	10.4	17.1
2054	10.6	17.3
2055	10.8	17.6
2056	10.9	17.8
2057	11.1	18
2058	11.3	18.2
2059	11.4	18.4
2060	11.6	18.5
2061	11.7	18.7
2062	11.9	18.8
2063	12	19
2064	12.2	19.1
2065	12.4	19.3
2066	12.7	19.4
2067	12.9	19.6
2068	13.2	19.7
2069	13.5	19.9
2070	13.7	20
2071	14	20.2
2072	14.3	20.3
2073	14.5	20.5
2074	14.7	20.7
2075	14.9	20.9
2076	15.1	21.1
2077	15.3	21.3
2078	15.5	21.5
2079	15.7	21.7
2080	15.9	21.9
2081	16.1	22.1
2082	16.2	22.3
2083	16.4	22.4
2084	16.5	22.6
2085	16.7	22.7
2086	16.8	22.8
2087	17	22.9
2088	17.1	22.9
2089	17.2	23
2090	17.4	23.1
2091	17.6	23.2
2092	17.8	23.3
2093	17.9	23.3
2094	18.1	23.4
2095	18.3	23.5
2096	18.5	23.6
2097	18.6	23.7
2098	18.8	23.7
2099	19	23.8
2100	19.2	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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