People aged 65 and over in Dominica

People aged 65 and over in Dominica: 7.7% in 1950 and 12.8% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 12.8%
Since 1950: +5.1 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 83 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 29%; 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 29% in 2100.
The highest was 12.8% in 2023, the lowest 5.4% in 1961.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Dominica	World
2023	12.8	10
2022	12.6	9.8
2021	12.4	9.5
2020	12.2	9.3
2019	12	9.1
2018	11.8	8.9
2017	11.7	8.7
2016	10.6	8.5
2015	9.6	8.3
2014	9.5	8.1
2013	10.2	7.9
2012	10.8	7.8
2011	10.9	7.7
2010	11.1	7.6
2009	10.9	7.5
2008	10.7	7.5
2007	10.6	7.4
2006	10.4	7.3
2005	10.3	7.3
2004	10.3	7.2
2003	10.2	7.1
2002	10.2	7
2001	10.1	6.9
2000	9.9	6.8
1999	9.6	6.8
1998	9.4	6.7
1997	9.2	6.6
1996	9.1	6.5
1995	9	6.5
1994	9	6.4
1993	9	6.3
1992	9.1	6.2
1991	9.1	6.1
1990	9	6.1
1989	8.7	6
1988	8.6	6
1987	8.4	5.9
1986	8.2	5.9
1985	8	5.8
1984	7.8	5.8
1983	7.6	5.8
1982	7.5	5.8
1981	7.3	5.8
1980	7	5.8
1979	6.8	5.8
1978	6.6	5.7
1977	6.5	5.6
1976	6.3	5.6
1975	6.2	5.5
1974	6.1	5.5
1973	6	5.4
1972	5.9	5.4
1971	5.9	5.3
1970	5.9	5.3
1969	5.8	5.2
1968	5.7	5.2
1967	5.7	5.2
1966	5.6	5.1
1965	5.6	5.1
1964	5.5	5
1963	5.5	5
1962	5.5	5
1961	5.4	5
1960	5.5	5
1959	5.5	5
1958	5.6	5
1957	5.8	5
1956	5.9	5
1955	6.1	5
1954	6.4	5
1953	6.6	5
1952	6.9	5
1951	7.3	5
1950	7.7	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Dominica	World
2024	13	10.2
2025	13.2	10.4
2026	13.5	10.6
2027	13.7	10.8
2028	14.1	11.1
2029	14.4	11.5
2030	14.8	11.8
2031	15.2	12
2032	15.6	12.3
2033	15.9	12.6
2034	16.3	12.8
2035	16.6	13.1
2036	17	13.4
2037	17.2	13.7
2038	17.4	13.9
2039	17.5	14.1
2040	17.6	14.3
2041	17.6	14.5
2042	17.5	14.7
2043	17.5	14.9
2044	17.5	15
2045	17.5	15.2
2046	17.6	15.4
2047	17.8	15.7
2048	18	15.9
2049	18.3	16.1
2050	18.6	16.3
2051	18.9	16.6
2052	19.1	16.8
2053	19.5	17.1
2054	19.8	17.3
2055	20.2	17.6
2056	20.6	17.8
2057	21.1	18
2058	21.6	18.2
2059	22	18.4
2060	22.4	18.5
2061	22.7	18.7
2062	22.9	18.8
2063	23	19
2064	23.2	19.1
2065	23.4	19.3
2066	23.6	19.4
2067	23.7	19.6
2068	23.8	19.7
2069	23.9	19.9
2070	24.1	20
2071	24.3	20.2
2072	24.5	20.3
2073	24.7	20.5
2074	24.9	20.7
2075	25.2	20.9
2076	25.4	21.1
2077	25.7	21.3
2078	26	21.5
2079	26.3	21.7
2080	26.5	21.9
2081	26.8	22.1
2082	26.9	22.3
2083	27.1	22.4
2084	27.2	22.6
2085	27.4	22.7
2086	27.5	22.8
2087	27.6	22.9
2088	27.8	22.9
2089	27.9	23
2090	28	23.1
2091	28.1	23.2
2092	28.2	23.3
2093	28.3	23.3
2094	28.4	23.4
2095	28.5	23.5
2096	28.6	23.6
2097	28.7	23.7
2098	28.8	23.7
2099	28.9	23.8
2100	29	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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