People aged 65 and over in Ecuador

People aged 65 and over in Ecuador: 5.2% in 1950 and 8.1% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 8.1%
Since 1950: +2.9 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 119 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 33%; 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 33% in 2100.
The highest was 8.1% in 2023, the lowest 3.6% in 1986.

Every year

% of people · UN

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

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Ecuador	World
2024	8.3	10.2
2025	8.6	10.4
2026	8.9	10.6
2027	9.1	10.8
2028	9.4	11.1
2029	9.7	11.5
2030	10	11.8
2031	10.3	12
2032	10.6	12.3
2033	10.9	12.6
2034	11.2	12.8
2035	11.5	13.1
2036	11.8	13.4
2037	12.2	13.7
2038	12.5	13.9
2039	12.9	14.1
2040	13.2	14.3
2041	13.6	14.5
2042	13.9	14.7
2043	14.3	14.9
2044	14.7	15
2045	15.1	15.2
2046	15.5	15.4
2047	15.9	15.7
2048	16.3	15.9
2049	16.8	16.1
2050	17.2	16.3
2051	17.7	16.6
2052	18.1	16.8
2053	18.6	17.1
2054	19.1	17.3
2055	19.5	17.6
2056	20	17.8
2057	20.5	18
2058	21	18.2
2059	21.5	18.4
2060	21.9	18.5
2061	22.4	18.7
2062	22.9	18.8
2063	23.4	19
2064	23.8	19.1
2065	24.3	19.3
2066	24.7	19.4
2067	25.1	19.6
2068	25.5	19.7
2069	25.9	19.9
2070	26.3	20
2071	26.7	20.2
2072	27.1	20.3
2073	27.5	20.5
2074	27.9	20.7
2075	28.3	20.9
2076	28.7	21.1
2077	29.1	21.3
2078	29.4	21.5
2079	29.7	21.7
2080	30	21.9
2081	30.2	22.1
2082	30.5	22.3
2083	30.7	22.4
2084	31	22.6
2085	31.2	22.7
2086	31.3	22.8
2087	31.5	22.9
2088	31.6	22.9
2089	31.7	23
2090	31.8	23.1
2091	31.9	23.2
2092	32.1	23.3
2093	32.2	23.3
2094	32.3	23.4
2095	32.4	23.5
2096	32.5	23.6
2097	32.6	23.7
2098	32.7	23.7
2099	32.8	23.8
2100	33	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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