People aged 65 and over in El Salvador

People aged 65 and over in El Salvador: 3.9% in 1950 and 8% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 8%
Since 1950: +4.1 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 121 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 32.9%; 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 32.9% in 2100.
The highest was 8% in 2023, the lowest 2.6% in 1984.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	El Salvador	World
2023	8	10
2022	7.9	9.8
2021	7.8	9.5
2020	7.7	9.3
2019	7.6	9.1
2018	7.5	8.9
2017	7.4	8.7
2016	7.2	8.5
2015	7.1	8.3
2014	7	8.1
2013	6.9	7.9
2012	6.9	7.8
2011	6.8	7.7
2010	6.7	7.6
2009	6.7	7.5
2008	6.7	7.5
2007	6.6	7.4
2006	6.5	7.3
2005	6.1	7.3
2004	5.8	7.2
2003	5.5	7.1
2002	5.2	7
2001	4.9	6.9
2000	4.7	6.8
1999	4.4	6.8
1998	4.2	6.7
1997	3.9	6.6
1996	3.7	6.5
1995	3.5	6.5
1994	3.3	6.4
1993	3.1	6.3
1992	2.9	6.2
1991	2.9	6.1
1990	2.8	6.1
1989	2.7	6
1988	2.7	6
1987	2.7	5.9
1986	2.6	5.9
1985	2.6	5.8
1984	2.6	5.8
1983	2.6	5.8
1982	2.6	5.8
1981	2.7	5.8
1980	2.7	5.8
1979	2.7	5.8
1978	2.7	5.7
1977	2.8	5.6
1976	2.8	5.6
1975	2.8	5.5
1974	2.9	5.5
1973	3	5.4
1972	3.1	5.4
1971	3.2	5.3
1970	3.3	5.3
1969	3.3	5.2
1968	3.3	5.2
1967	3.3	5.2
1966	3.3	5.1
1965	3.3	5.1
1964	3.2	5
1963	3.2	5
1962	3.2	5
1961	3.2	5
1960	3.3	5
1959	3.3	5
1958	3.4	5
1957	3.4	5
1956	3.5	5
1955	3.6	5
1954	3.6	5
1953	3.7	5
1952	3.8	5
1951	3.9	5
1950	3.9	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	El Salvador	World
2024	8.1	10.2
2025	8.3	10.4
2026	8.5	10.6
2027	8.7	10.8
2028	8.9	11.1
2029	9.1	11.5
2030	9.3	11.8
2031	9.5	12
2032	9.7	12.3
2033	10	12.6
2034	10.2	12.8
2035	10.5	13.1
2036	10.7	13.4
2037	11	13.7
2038	11.3	13.9
2039	11.5	14.1
2040	11.8	14.3
2041	12.1	14.5
2042	12.4	14.7
2043	12.7	14.9
2044	13	15
2045	13.3	15.2
2046	13.6	15.4
2047	13.9	15.7
2048	14.2	15.9
2049	14.4	16.1
2050	14.7	16.3
2051	15	16.6
2052	15.3	16.8
2053	15.7	17.1
2054	16.1	17.3
2055	16.5	17.6
2056	17.1	17.8
2057	17.6	18
2058	18.3	18.2
2059	18.9	18.4
2060	19.6	18.5
2061	20.4	18.7
2062	21.1	18.8
2063	21.9	19
2064	22.6	19.1
2065	23.3	19.3
2066	24	19.4
2067	24.6	19.6
2068	25.1	19.7
2069	25.5	19.9
2070	26	20
2071	26.3	20.2
2072	26.7	20.3
2073	27.1	20.5
2074	27.5	20.7
2075	27.9	20.9
2076	28.3	21.1
2077	28.7	21.3
2078	29	21.5
2079	29.4	21.7
2080	29.7	21.9
2081	30	22.1
2082	30.2	22.3
2083	30.4	22.4
2084	30.6	22.6
2085	30.8	22.7
2086	30.9	22.8
2087	31.1	22.9
2088	31.2	22.9
2089	31.3	23
2090	31.5	23.1
2091	31.6	23.2
2092	31.7	23.3
2093	31.9	23.3
2094	32	23.4
2095	32.1	23.5
2096	32.3	23.6
2097	32.4	23.7
2098	32.6	23.7
2099	32.7	23.8
2100	32.9	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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