People aged 65 and over in Guernsey

People aged 65 and over in Guernsey: 12% in 1950 and 21.3% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 21.3%
Since 1950: +9.3 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 22 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 33.9%; 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 33.9% in 2100.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Guernsey	World
2023	21.3	10
2022	20.9	9.8
2021	20.7	9.5
2020	20.4	9.3
2019	20.1	9.1
2018	19.9	8.9
2017	19.6	8.7
2016	19.2	8.5
2015	18.9	8.3
2014	18.6	8.1
2013	18.2	7.9
2012	17.8	7.8
2011	17.3	7.7
2010	16.8	7.6
2009	16.6	7.5
2008	16.4	7.5
2007	16.3	7.4
2006	16.2	7.3
2005	16.2	7.3
2004	16	7.2
2003	15.8	7.1
2002	15.6	7
2001	15.5	6.9
2000	15.4	6.8
1999	15.4	6.8
1998	15.4	6.7
1997	15.4	6.6
1996	15.4	6.5
1995	15.4	6.5
1994	15.4	6.4
1993	15.5	6.3
1992	15.5	6.2
1991	15.5	6.1
1990	15.5	6.1
1989	15.5	6
1988	15.5	6
1987	15.5	5.9
1986	15.6	5.9
1985	15.5	5.8
1984	15.4	5.8
1983	15.5	5.8
1982	15.6	5.8
1981	15.6	5.8
1980	15.6	5.8
1979	15.4	5.8
1978	15.2	5.7
1977	14.9	5.6
1976	14.7	5.6
1975	14.6	5.5
1974	14.6	5.5
1973	14.5	5.4
1972	14.4	5.4
1971	14.3	5.3
1970	14.2	5.3
1969	14	5.2
1968	13.9	5.2
1967	13.8	5.2
1966	13.7	5.1
1965	13.7	5.1
1964	13.6	5
1963	13.6	5
1962	13.6	5
1961	13.5	5
1960	13.4	5
1959	13.3	5
1958	13.1	5
1957	12.9	5
1956	12.7	5
1955	12.5	5
1954	12.4	5
1953	12.3	5
1952	12.1	5
1951	12	5
1950	12	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Guernsey	World
2024	21.7	10.2
2025	22.2	10.4
2026	22.7	10.6
2027	23.2	10.8
2028	23.8	11.1
2029	24.4	11.5
2030	25	11.8
2031	25.6	12
2032	26.1	12.3
2033	26.6	12.6
2034	27.2	12.8
2035	27.7	13.1
2036	28.2	13.4
2037	28.6	13.7
2038	29	13.9
2039	29.2	14.1
2040	29.4	14.3
2041	29.5	14.5
2042	29.6	14.7
2043	29.7	14.9
2044	29.9	15
2045	30	15.2
2046	30.2	15.4
2047	30.3	15.7
2048	30.5	15.9
2049	30.6	16.1
2050	30.7	16.3
2051	30.8	16.6
2052	31	16.8
2053	31.2	17.1
2054	31.3	17.3
2055	31.5	17.6
2056	31.7	17.8
2057	31.8	18
2058	31.9	18.2
2059	32	18.4
2060	32	18.5
2061	31.9	18.7
2062	31.9	18.8
2063	31.9	19
2064	32	19.1
2065	32.1	19.3
2066	32.2	19.4
2067	32.1	19.6
2068	32.1	19.7
2069	32.2	19.9
2070	32.2	20
2071	32.2	20.2
2072	32.3	20.3
2073	32.4	20.5
2074	32.6	20.7
2075	32.7	20.9
2076	32.9	21.1
2077	33.1	21.3
2078	33.3	21.5
2079	33.4	21.7
2080	33.5	21.9
2081	33.6	22.1
2082	33.7	22.3
2083	33.8	22.4
2084	33.7	22.6
2085	33.7	22.7
2086	33.6	22.8
2087	33.6	22.9
2088	33.6	22.9
2089	33.6	23
2090	33.6	23.1
2091	33.7	23.2
2092	33.7	23.3
2093	33.7	23.3
2094	33.7	23.4
2095	33.7	23.5
2096	33.7	23.6
2097	33.8	23.7
2098	33.8	23.7
2099	33.8	23.8
2100	33.9	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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