People aged 65 and over in Fiji

People aged 65 and over in Fiji: 6.2% in 1950 and 6.3% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 6.3%
Since 1950: +0.2 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 142 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 21.5%; 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 21.5% in 2100.
The highest was 6.3% in 2023, the lowest 2.6% in 1971.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Fiji	World
2023	6.3	10
2022	6.2	9.8
2021	6.1	9.5
2020	6	9.3
2019	5.8	9.1
2018	5.6	8.9
2017	5.5	8.7
2016	5.3	8.5
2015	5.2	8.3
2014	5.1	8.1
2013	4.9	7.9
2012	4.8	7.8
2011	4.7	7.7
2010	4.5	7.6
2009	4.4	7.5
2008	4.3	7.5
2007	4.1	7.4
2006	4	7.3
2005	3.9	7.3
2004	3.8	7.2
2003	3.7	7.1
2002	3.6	7
2001	3.5	6.9
2000	3.4	6.8
1999	3.3	6.8
1998	3.2	6.7
1997	3.1	6.6
1996	3.1	6.5
1995	3.1	6.5
1994	3	6.4
1993	3	6.3
1992	3	6.2
1991	3	6.1
1990	3	6.1
1989	3	6
1988	3	6
1987	2.9	5.9
1986	2.9	5.9
1985	2.9	5.8
1984	2.9	5.8
1983	2.9	5.8
1982	2.8	5.8
1981	2.8	5.8
1980	2.8	5.8
1979	2.8	5.8
1978	2.7	5.7
1977	2.7	5.6
1976	2.7	5.6
1975	2.6	5.5
1974	2.6	5.5
1973	2.6	5.4
1972	2.6	5.4
1971	2.6	5.3
1970	2.6	5.3
1969	2.6	5.2
1968	2.6	5.2
1967	2.7	5.2
1966	2.7	5.1
1965	2.8	5.1
1964	2.9	5
1963	3	5
1962	3.1	5
1961	3.2	5
1960	3.4	5
1959	3.6	5
1958	3.8	5
1957	4	5
1956	4.2	5
1955	4.4	5
1954	4.7	5
1953	5.1	5
1952	5.4	5
1951	5.8	5
1950	6.2	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Fiji	World
2024	6.5	10.2
2025	6.6	10.4
2026	6.8	10.6
2027	7	10.8
2028	7.1	11.1
2029	7.3	11.5
2030	7.5	11.8
2031	7.6	12
2032	7.7	12.3
2033	7.8	12.6
2034	8	12.8
2035	8.1	13.1
2036	8.1	13.4
2037	8.2	13.7
2038	8.2	13.9
2039	8.3	14.1
2040	8.4	14.3
2041	8.5	14.5
2042	8.7	14.7
2043	8.8	14.9
2044	9	15
2045	9.3	15.2
2046	9.5	15.4
2047	9.8	15.7
2048	10.1	15.9
2049	10.3	16.1
2050	10.6	16.3
2051	10.8	16.6
2052	11.1	16.8
2053	11.3	17.1
2054	11.5	17.3
2055	11.7	17.6
2056	12	17.8
2057	12.2	18
2058	12.4	18.2
2059	12.7	18.4
2060	12.9	18.5
2061	13.1	18.7
2062	13.3	18.8
2063	13.4	19
2064	13.6	19.1
2065	13.7	19.3
2066	13.8	19.4
2067	14	19.6
2068	14.1	19.7
2069	14.3	19.9
2070	14.5	20
2071	14.7	20.2
2072	14.9	20.3
2073	15.2	20.5
2074	15.5	20.7
2075	15.7	20.9
2076	16	21.1
2077	16.2	21.3
2078	16.5	21.5
2079	16.8	21.7
2080	17.1	21.9
2081	17.4	22.1
2082	17.7	22.3
2083	18	22.4
2084	18.3	22.6
2085	18.5	22.7
2086	18.8	22.8
2087	19	22.9
2088	19.2	22.9
2089	19.4	23
2090	19.6	23.1
2091	19.8	23.2
2092	20	23.3
2093	20.2	23.3
2094	20.4	23.4
2095	20.5	23.5
2096	20.7	23.6
2097	20.9	23.7
2098	21.1	23.7
2099	21.3	23.8
2100	21.5	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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