People aged 65 and over in Guyana

People aged 65 and over in Guyana: 3.9% in 1950 and 6.5% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 6.5%
Since 1950: +2.6 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 137 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 24.1%; 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 24.1% in 2100.
The highest was 6.5% in 2023, the lowest 3.3% in 1958.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Guyana	World
2023	6.5	10
2022	6.2	9.8
2021	6.1	9.5
2020	6	9.3
2019	5.8	9.1
2018	5.7	8.9
2017	5.6	8.7
2016	5.5	8.5
2015	5.3	8.3
2014	5.2	8.1
2013	5	7.9
2012	4.9	7.8
2011	4.8	7.7
2010	4.6	7.6
2009	4.5	7.5
2008	4.4	7.5
2007	4.3	7.4
2006	4.2	7.3
2005	4.1	7.3
2004	4	7.2
2003	4	7.1
2002	3.9	7
2001	3.9	6.9
2000	3.8	6.8
1999	3.8	6.8
1998	3.8	6.7
1997	3.8	6.6
1996	3.8	6.5
1995	3.9	6.5
1994	3.9	6.4
1993	3.9	6.3
1992	4	6.2
1991	4	6.1
1990	4	6.1
1989	3.9	6
1988	3.9	6
1987	3.9	5.9
1986	3.8	5.9
1985	3.8	5.8
1984	3.8	5.8
1983	3.8	5.8
1982	3.8	5.8
1981	3.8	5.8
1980	3.8	5.8
1979	3.8	5.8
1978	3.8	5.7
1977	3.7	5.6
1976	3.7	5.6
1975	3.7	5.5
1974	3.6	5.5
1973	3.6	5.4
1972	3.6	5.4
1971	3.6	5.3
1970	3.6	5.3
1969	3.6	5.2
1968	3.6	5.2
1967	3.6	5.2
1966	3.6	5.1
1965	3.5	5.1
1964	3.5	5
1963	3.5	5
1962	3.5	5
1961	3.5	5
1960	3.4	5
1959	3.3	5
1958	3.3	5
1957	3.3	5
1956	3.3	5
1955	3.4	5
1954	3.4	5
1953	3.5	5
1952	3.6	5
1951	3.7	5
1950	3.9	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Guyana	World
2024	6.7	10.2
2025	7	10.4
2026	7.2	10.6
2027	7.5	10.8
2028	7.7	11.1
2029	7.9	11.5
2030	8.2	11.8
2031	8.4	12
2032	8.6	12.3
2033	8.8	12.6
2034	9	12.8
2035	9.2	13.1
2036	9.4	13.4
2037	9.6	13.7
2038	9.8	13.9
2039	10	14.1
2040	10.2	14.3
2041	10.3	14.5
2042	10.5	14.7
2043	10.6	14.9
2044	10.7	15
2045	10.8	15.2
2046	10.9	15.4
2047	11	15.7
2048	11.1	15.9
2049	11.1	16.1
2050	11.2	16.3
2051	11.3	16.6
2052	11.3	16.8
2053	11.5	17.1
2054	11.6	17.3
2055	11.8	17.6
2056	12.1	17.8
2057	12.4	18
2058	12.7	18.2
2059	13.1	18.4
2060	13.4	18.5
2061	13.8	18.7
2062	14.3	18.8
2063	14.7	19
2064	15	19.1
2065	15.4	19.3
2066	15.7	19.4
2067	15.9	19.6
2068	16.1	19.7
2069	16.3	19.9
2070	16.5	20
2071	16.7	20.2
2072	16.9	20.3
2073	17.1	20.5
2074	17.4	20.7
2075	17.7	20.9
2076	17.9	21.1
2077	18.2	21.3
2078	18.5	21.5
2079	18.9	21.7
2080	19.2	21.9
2081	19.5	22.1
2082	19.8	22.3
2083	20.1	22.4
2084	20.4	22.6
2085	20.8	22.7
2086	21.1	22.8
2087	21.4	22.9
2088	21.6	22.9
2089	21.9	23
2090	22.1	23.1
2091	22.4	23.2
2092	22.6	23.3
2093	22.8	23.3
2094	23	23.4
2095	23.2	23.5
2096	23.4	23.6
2097	23.6	23.7
2098	23.8	23.7
2099	24	23.8
2100	24.1	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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