People aged 65 and over in Guatemala

People aged 65 and over in Guatemala: 2.3% in 1950 and 4.7% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 4.7%
Since 1950: +2.4 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 160 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 26%; 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 26% in 2100.
The highest was 4.7% in 2023, the lowest 2.2% in 1958.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Guatemala	World
2023	4.7	10
2022	4.6	9.8
2021	4.6	9.5
2020	4.5	9.3
2019	4.5	9.1
2018	4.4	8.9
2017	4.3	8.7
2016	4.2	8.5
2015	4.2	8.3
2014	4.1	8.1
2013	4	7.9
2012	4	7.8
2011	3.9	7.7
2010	3.9	7.6
2009	3.9	7.5
2008	3.8	7.5
2007	3.8	7.4
2006	3.8	7.3
2005	3.8	7.3
2004	3.8	7.2
2003	3.8	7.1
2002	3.8	7
2001	3.8	6.9
2000	3.7	6.8
1999	3.7	6.8
1998	3.7	6.7
1997	3.7	6.6
1996	3.6	6.5
1995	3.6	6.5
1994	3.6	6.4
1993	3.6	6.3
1992	3.5	6.2
1991	3.4	6.1
1990	3.3	6.1
1989	3.3	6
1988	3.2	6
1987	3.1	5.9
1986	3	5.9
1985	3	5.8
1984	2.9	5.8
1983	2.9	5.8
1982	2.8	5.8
1981	2.8	5.8
1980	2.7	5.8
1979	2.7	5.8
1978	2.6	5.7
1977	2.5	5.6
1976	2.5	5.6
1975	2.4	5.5
1974	2.4	5.5
1973	2.3	5.4
1972	2.3	5.4
1971	2.3	5.3
1970	2.3	5.3
1969	2.3	5.2
1968	2.3	5.2
1967	2.3	5.2
1966	2.3	5.1
1965	2.3	5.1
1964	2.2	5
1963	2.2	5
1962	2.2	5
1961	2.2	5
1960	2.2	5
1959	2.2	5
1958	2.2	5
1957	2.2	5
1956	2.2	5
1955	2.2	5
1954	2.2	5
1953	2.2	5
1952	2.3	5
1951	2.3	5
1950	2.3	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Guatemala	World
2024	4.8	10.2
2025	5	10.4
2026	5.1	10.6
2027	5.2	10.8
2028	5.3	11.1
2029	5.4	11.5
2030	5.5	11.8
2031	5.6	12
2032	5.8	12.3
2033	5.9	12.6
2034	6	12.8
2035	6.1	13.1
2036	6.3	13.4
2037	6.4	13.7
2038	6.6	13.9
2039	6.7	14.1
2040	6.9	14.3
2041	7.1	14.5
2042	7.3	14.7
2043	7.6	14.9
2044	7.8	15
2045	8.1	15.2
2046	8.4	15.4
2047	8.7	15.7
2048	9	15.9
2049	9.3	16.1
2050	9.6	16.3
2051	10	16.6
2052	10.3	16.8
2053	10.7	17.1
2054	11.1	17.3
2055	11.5	17.6
2056	12	17.8
2057	12.4	18
2058	12.8	18.2
2059	13.3	18.4
2060	13.7	18.5
2061	14.2	18.7
2062	14.6	18.8
2063	15.1	19
2064	15.6	19.1
2065	16	19.3
2066	16.5	19.4
2067	16.9	19.6
2068	17.3	19.7
2069	17.8	19.9
2070	18.2	20
2071	18.6	20.2
2072	18.9	20.3
2073	19.3	20.5
2074	19.7	20.7
2075	20	20.9
2076	20.4	21.1
2077	20.7	21.3
2078	21	21.5
2079	21.4	21.7
2080	21.7	21.9
2081	22.1	22.1
2082	22.4	22.3
2083	22.7	22.4
2084	23	22.6
2085	23.2	22.7
2086	23.4	22.8
2087	23.6	22.9
2088	23.8	22.9
2089	24	23
2090	24.2	23.1
2091	24.3	23.2
2092	24.5	23.3
2093	24.7	23.3
2094	24.9	23.4
2095	25.1	23.5
2096	25.3	23.6
2097	25.5	23.7
2098	25.7	23.7
2099	25.9	23.8
2100	26	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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