People aged 65 and over in Gambia

People aged 65 and over in Gambia: 2.5% in 1950 and 3% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 3%
Since 1950: +0.5 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 204 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 18%; 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% in 2100.
The highest was 4.5% in 1984, the lowest 2.5% in 1950.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Gambia	World
2023	3	10
2022	2.9	9.8
2021	2.8	9.5
2020	2.8	9.3
2019	2.7	9.1
2018	2.7	8.9
2017	2.6	8.7
2016	2.6	8.5
2015	2.6	8.3
2014	2.6	8.1
2013	2.7	7.9
2012	2.7	7.8
2011	2.7	7.7
2010	2.7	7.6
2009	2.7	7.5
2008	2.7	7.5
2007	2.7	7.4
2006	2.7	7.3
2005	2.7	7.3
2004	2.8	7.2
2003	2.8	7.1
2002	2.9	7
2001	3	6.9
2000	3	6.8
1999	3.1	6.8
1998	3.2	6.7
1997	3.3	6.6
1996	3.4	6.5
1995	3.5	6.5
1994	3.6	6.4
1993	3.8	6.3
1992	3.9	6.2
1991	3.9	6.1
1990	4	6.1
1989	4.1	6
1988	4.1	6
1987	4.2	5.9
1986	4.3	5.9
1985	4.4	5.8
1984	4.5	5.8
1983	4.5	5.8
1982	4.3	5.8
1981	4.2	5.8
1980	4	5.8
1979	3.9	5.8
1978	3.7	5.7
1977	3.5	5.6
1976	3.3	5.6
1975	3.1	5.5
1974	2.9	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	2.8	5.2
1966	2.7	5.1
1965	2.7	5.1
1964	2.7	5
1963	2.7	5
1962	2.7	5
1961	2.7	5
1960	2.7	5
1959	2.7	5
1958	2.7	5
1957	2.7	5
1956	2.6	5
1955	2.6	5
1954	2.6	5
1953	2.6	5
1952	2.6	5
1951	2.5	5
1950	2.5	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Gambia	World
2024	3.1	10.2
2025	3.2	10.4
2026	3.3	10.6
2027	3.4	10.8
2028	3.5	11.1
2029	3.7	11.5
2030	3.8	11.8
2031	3.9	12
2032	4	12.3
2033	4.1	12.6
2034	4.2	12.8
2035	4.3	13.1
2036	4.4	13.4
2037	4.4	13.7
2038	4.5	13.9
2039	4.6	14.1
2040	4.6	14.3
2041	4.6	14.5
2042	4.7	14.7
2043	4.7	14.9
2044	4.8	15
2045	4.8	15.2
2046	4.9	15.4
2047	5	15.7
2048	5.1	15.9
2049	5.3	16.1
2050	5.4	16.3
2051	5.5	16.6
2052	5.7	16.8
2053	5.9	17.1
2054	6.1	17.3
2055	6.3	17.6
2056	6.5	17.8
2057	6.7	18
2058	7	18.2
2059	7.2	18.4
2060	7.4	18.5
2061	7.7	18.7
2062	7.9	18.8
2063	8.2	19
2064	8.4	19.1
2065	8.6	19.3
2066	8.8	19.4
2067	9.1	19.6
2068	9.3	19.7
2069	9.5	19.9
2070	9.8	20
2071	10.1	20.2
2072	10.4	20.3
2073	10.6	20.5
2074	10.9	20.7
2075	11.3	20.9
2076	11.6	21.1
2077	11.9	21.3
2078	12.3	21.5
2079	12.6	21.7
2080	13	21.9
2081	13.3	22.1
2082	13.6	22.3
2083	13.8	22.4
2084	14.1	22.6
2085	14.4	22.7
2086	14.6	22.8
2087	14.9	22.9
2088	15.2	22.9
2089	15.5	23
2090	15.7	23.1
2091	16	23.2
2092	16.2	23.3
2093	16.5	23.3
2094	16.7	23.4
2095	16.9	23.5
2096	17.2	23.6
2097	17.4	23.7
2098	17.6	23.7
2099	17.8	23.8
2100	18	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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