People aged 65 and over in Finland

People aged 65 and over in Finland: 6.6% in 1950 and 23.6% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 23.6%
Since 1950: +16.9 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 8 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 34%; 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 34% in 2100.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Finland	World
2023	23.6	10
2022	23.2	9.8
2021	22.9	9.5
2020	22.5	9.3
2019	22.1	9.1
2018	21.6	8.9
2017	21.2	8.7
2016	20.7	8.5
2015	20.2	8.3
2014	19.7	8.1
2013	19.1	7.9
2012	18.5	7.8
2011	17.8	7.7
2010	17.3	7.6
2009	16.9	7.5
2008	16.6	7.5
2007	16.5	7.4
2006	16.2	7.3
2005	15.9	7.3
2004	15.7	7.2
2003	15.5	7.1
2002	15.3	7
2001	15.1	6.9
2000	14.9	6.8
1999	14.8	6.8
1998	14.7	6.7
1997	14.6	6.6
1996	14.4	6.5
1995	14.2	6.5
1994	14	6.4
1993	13.8	6.3
1992	13.7	6.2
1991	13.5	6.1
1990	13.4	6.1
1989	13.2	6
1988	13	6
1987	12.9	5.9
1986	12.7	5.9
1985	12.5	5.8
1984	12.4	5.8
1983	12.4	5.8
1982	12.2	5.8
1981	12.1	5.8
1980	12	5.8
1979	11.8	5.8
1978	11.5	5.7
1977	11.2	5.6
1976	10.9	5.6
1975	10.6	5.5
1974	10.3	5.5
1973	10	5.4
1972	9.7	5.4
1971	9.4	5.3
1970	9.2	5.3
1969	8.8	5.2
1968	8.6	5.2
1967	8.4	5.2
1966	8.2	5.1
1965	8	5.1
1964	7.9	5
1963	7.7	5
1962	7.5	5
1961	7.4	5
1960	7.3	5
1959	7.2	5
1958	7.1	5
1957	7	5
1956	7	5
1955	6.9	5
1954	6.9	5
1953	6.8	5
1952	6.7	5
1951	6.7	5
1950	6.6	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Finland	World
2024	23.9	10.2
2025	24.2	10.4
2026	24.5	10.6
2027	24.9	10.8
2028	25.2	11.1
2029	25.5	11.5
2030	25.8	11.8
2031	26.1	12
2032	26.4	12.3
2033	26.6	12.6
2034	26.8	12.8
2035	26.8	13.1
2036	26.9	13.4
2037	26.9	13.7
2038	26.9	13.9
2039	26.9	14.1
2040	26.9	14.3
2041	27	14.5
2042	27.1	14.7
2043	27.2	14.9
2044	27.3	15
2045	27.4	15.2
2046	27.5	15.4
2047	27.7	15.7
2048	27.9	15.9
2049	28.1	16.1
2050	28.2	16.3
2051	28.4	16.6
2052	28.5	16.8
2053	28.7	17.1
2054	28.9	17.3
2055	29.1	17.6
2056	29.4	17.8
2057	29.6	18
2058	29.8	18.2
2059	30	18.4
2060	30.2	18.5
2061	30.4	18.7
2062	30.5	18.8
2063	30.5	19
2064	30.6	19.1
2065	30.6	19.3
2066	30.7	19.4
2067	30.8	19.6
2068	30.9	19.7
2069	31	19.9
2070	31.2	20
2071	31.4	20.2
2072	31.6	20.3
2073	31.9	20.5
2074	32.1	20.7
2075	32.4	20.9
2076	32.7	21.1
2077	32.9	21.3
2078	33.1	21.5
2079	33.4	21.7
2080	33.6	21.9
2081	33.7	22.1
2082	33.8	22.3
2083	33.9	22.4
2084	33.9	22.6
2085	33.9	22.7
2086	34	22.8
2087	34	22.9
2088	34	22.9
2089	34	23
2090	34	23.1
2091	34	23.2
2092	34	23.3
2093	34	23.3
2094	34	23.4
2095	34	23.5
2096	34	23.6
2097	34	23.7
2098	34	23.7
2099	34	23.8
2100	34	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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