People aged 65 and over in Eswatini

People aged 65 and over in Eswatini: 2.7% in 1950 and 4.1% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 4.1%
Since 1950: +1.5 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 173 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 18.5%; 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 18.5% in 2100.
The highest was 4.1% in 2023, the lowest 2.4% in 1993.

Every year

% of people · UN

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

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Eswatini	World
2024	4.3	10.2
2025	4.3	10.4
2026	4.4	10.6
2027	4.5	10.8
2028	4.5	11.1
2029	4.6	11.5
2030	4.7	11.8
2031	4.7	12
2032	4.8	12.3
2033	4.9	12.6
2034	5	12.8
2035	5.1	13.1
2036	5.1	13.4
2037	5.1	13.7
2038	5.2	13.9
2039	5.3	14.1
2040	5.4	14.3
2041	5.5	14.5
2042	5.6	14.7
2043	5.8	14.9
2044	5.9	15
2045	6.1	15.2
2046	6.4	15.4
2047	6.6	15.7
2048	6.9	15.9
2049	7.1	16.1
2050	7.4	16.3
2051	7.7	16.6
2052	8	16.8
2053	8.2	17.1
2054	8.5	17.3
2055	8.8	17.6
2056	9.1	17.8
2057	9.3	18
2058	9.6	18.2
2059	9.8	18.4
2060	10.1	18.5
2061	10.3	18.7
2062	10.5	18.8
2063	10.7	19
2064	10.9	19.1
2065	11.2	19.3
2066	11.4	19.4
2067	11.6	19.6
2068	11.8	19.7
2069	12	19.9
2070	12.2	20
2071	12.5	20.2
2072	12.7	20.3
2073	12.9	20.5
2074	13.2	20.7
2075	13.4	20.9
2076	13.6	21.1
2077	13.8	21.3
2078	14.1	21.5
2079	14.3	21.7
2080	14.5	21.9
2081	14.8	22.1
2082	15	22.3
2083	15.2	22.4
2084	15.5	22.6
2085	15.7	22.7
2086	15.9	22.8
2087	16.2	22.9
2088	16.4	22.9
2089	16.6	23
2090	16.8	23.1
2091	17	23.2
2092	17.2	23.3
2093	17.3	23.3
2094	17.5	23.4
2095	17.7	23.5
2096	17.9	23.6
2097	18	23.7
2098	18.2	23.7
2099	18.4	23.8
2100	18.5	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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