People aged 65 and over in Ethiopia

People aged 65 and over in Ethiopia: 3% in 1950 and 3.2% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 3.2%
Since 1950: +0.2 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 198 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 17.4%; 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 17.4% in 2100.
The highest was 3.2% in 2023, the lowest 2.6% in 2000.

Every year

% of people · UN

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

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Ethiopia	World
2024	3.2	10.2
2025	3.3	10.4
2026	3.4	10.6
2027	3.4	10.8
2028	3.5	11.1
2029	3.6	11.5
2030	3.7	11.8
2031	3.8	12
2032	3.8	12.3
2033	3.9	12.6
2034	4	12.8
2035	4.1	13.1
2036	4.2	13.4
2037	4.2	13.7
2038	4.3	13.9
2039	4.4	14.1
2040	4.5	14.3
2041	4.5	14.5
2042	4.6	14.7
2043	4.7	14.9
2044	4.8	15
2045	4.9	15.2
2046	5	15.4
2047	5.1	15.7
2048	5.2	15.9
2049	5.3	16.1
2050	5.4	16.3
2051	5.5	16.6
2052	5.6	16.8
2053	5.8	17.1
2054	5.9	17.3
2055	6.1	17.6
2056	6.3	17.8
2057	6.5	18
2058	6.7	18.2
2059	6.9	18.4
2060	7.1	18.5
2061	7.3	18.7
2062	7.5	18.8
2063	7.8	19
2064	8	19.1
2065	8.2	19.3
2066	8.5	19.4
2067	8.7	19.6
2068	9	19.7
2069	9.2	19.9
2070	9.5	20
2071	9.8	20.2
2072	10.1	20.3
2073	10.3	20.5
2074	10.6	20.7
2075	10.8	20.9
2076	11.1	21.1
2077	11.3	21.3
2078	11.5	21.5
2079	11.7	21.7
2080	12	21.9
2081	12.2	22.1
2082	12.4	22.3
2083	12.7	22.4
2084	13	22.6
2085	13.3	22.7
2086	13.6	22.8
2087	13.9	22.9
2088	14.2	22.9
2089	14.4	23
2090	14.7	23.1
2091	15	23.2
2092	15.3	23.3
2093	15.6	23.3
2094	15.9	23.4
2095	16.1	23.5
2096	16.4	23.6
2097	16.6	23.7
2098	16.9	23.7
2099	17.2	23.8
2100	17.4	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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