Hong Kong SAR China
People aged 65 and over in Hong Kong SAR China
People aged 65 and over in Hong Kong SAR China: 2.5% in 1950 and 21.7% in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 21.7%
- Since 1950
- +19.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 18 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 10%
- Projected, 2100
- 61%
- UN projection (medium variant)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 61% in 2100.
- The highest was 21.7% in 2023, the lowest 2.3% in 1954.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Hong Kong SAR China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21.7 | 10 |
| 2022 | 20.7 | 9.8 |
| 2021 | 19.8 | 9.5 |
| 2020 | 18.8 | 9.3 |
| 2019 | 18 | 9.1 |
| 2018 | 17.2 | 8.9 |
| 2017 | 16.6 | 8.7 |
| 2016 | 16 | 8.5 |
| 2015 | 15.4 | 8.3 |
| 2014 | 14.8 | 8.1 |
| 2013 | 14.3 | 7.9 |
| 2012 | 13.8 | 7.8 |
| 2011 | 13.5 | 7.7 |
| 2010 | 13.2 | 7.6 |
| 2009 | 13 | 7.5 |
| 2008 | 12.8 | 7.5 |
| 2007 | 12.7 | 7.4 |
| 2006 | 12.6 | 7.3 |
| 2005 | 12.4 | 7.3 |
| 2004 | 12.1 | 7.2 |
| 2003 | 11.9 | 7.1 |
| 2002 | 11.6 | 7 |
| 2001 | 11.4 | 6.9 |
| 2000 | 11.1 | 6.8 |
| 1999 | 10.9 | 6.8 |
| 1998 | 10.7 | 6.7 |
| 1997 | 10.5 | 6.6 |
| 1996 | 10.3 | 6.5 |
| 1995 | 10 | 6.5 |
| 1994 | 9.6 | 6.4 |
| 1993 | 9.4 | 6.3 |
| 1992 | 9.1 | 6.2 |
| 1991 | 8.9 | 6.1 |
| 1990 | 8.6 | 6.1 |
| 1989 | 8.4 | 6 |
| 1988 | 8.2 | 6 |
| 1987 | 7.9 | 5.9 |
| 1986 | 7.7 | 5.9 |
| 1985 | 7.4 | 5.8 |
| 1984 | 7.2 | 5.8 |
| 1983 | 7 | 5.8 |
| 1982 | 6.8 | 5.8 |
| 1981 | 6.6 | 5.8 |
| 1980 | 6.4 | 5.8 |
| 1979 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| 1978 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 1977 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| 1976 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| 1975 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 1974 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 1973 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| 1972 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| 1971 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| 1970 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| 1969 | 3.7 | 5.2 |
| 1968 | 3.2 | 5.2 |
| 1967 | 2.8 | 5.2 |
| 1966 | 2.6 | 5.1 |
| 1965 | 2.5 | 5.1 |
| 1964 | 2.5 | 5 |
| 1963 | 2.6 | 5 |
| 1962 | 2.7 | 5 |
| 1961 | 2.8 | 5 |
| 1960 | 2.7 | 5 |
| 1959 | 2.6 | 5 |
| 1958 | 2.5 | 5 |
| 1957 | 2.4 | 5 |
| 1956 | 2.4 | 5 |
| 1955 | 2.3 | 5 |
| 1954 | 2.3 | 5 |
| 1953 | 2.3 | 5 |
| 1952 | 2.3 | 5 |
| 1951 | 2.4 | 5 |
| 1950 | 2.5 | 5.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Hong Kong SAR China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22.7 | 10.2 |
| 2025 | 23.7 | 10.4 |
| 2026 | 24.7 | 10.6 |
| 2027 | 25.8 | 10.8 |
| 2028 | 26.9 | 11.1 |
| 2029 | 28 | 11.5 |
| 2030 | 29 | 11.8 |
| 2031 | 29.9 | 12 |
| 2032 | 30.7 | 12.3 |
| 2033 | 31.5 | 12.6 |
| 2034 | 32.4 | 12.8 |
| 2035 | 33.3 | 13.1 |
| 2036 | 34.2 | 13.4 |
| 2037 | 35 | 13.7 |
| 2038 | 35.9 | 13.9 |
| 2039 | 36.7 | 14.1 |
| 2040 | 37.5 | 14.3 |
| 2041 | 38.3 | 14.5 |
| 2042 | 39.1 | 14.7 |
| 2043 | 39.9 | 14.9 |
| 2044 | 40.7 | 15 |
| 2045 | 41.6 | 15.2 |
| 2046 | 42.5 | 15.4 |
| 2047 | 43.6 | 15.7 |
| 2048 | 44.6 | 15.9 |
| 2049 | 45.5 | 16.1 |
| 2050 | 46.4 | 16.3 |
| 2051 | 47.3 | 16.6 |
| 2052 | 48.1 | 16.8 |
| 2053 | 49 | 17.1 |
| 2054 | 49.9 | 17.3 |
| 2055 | 50.7 | 17.6 |
| 2056 | 51.5 | 17.8 |
| 2057 | 52.4 | 18 |
| 2058 | 53.2 | 18.2 |
| 2059 | 54.1 | 18.4 |
| 2060 | 54.9 | 18.5 |
| 2061 | 55.6 | 18.7 |
| 2062 | 56.2 | 18.8 |
| 2063 | 56.7 | 19 |
| 2064 | 57 | 19.1 |
| 2065 | 57.4 | 19.3 |
| 2066 | 57.7 | 19.4 |
| 2067 | 57.9 | 19.6 |
| 2068 | 58 | 19.7 |
| 2069 | 58.1 | 19.9 |
| 2070 | 58.1 | 20 |
| 2071 | 58.3 | 20.2 |
| 2072 | 58.5 | 20.3 |
| 2073 | 58.7 | 20.5 |
| 2074 | 58.9 | 20.7 |
| 2075 | 59.1 | 20.9 |
| 2076 | 59.4 | 21.1 |
| 2077 | 60 | 21.3 |
| 2078 | 60.3 | 21.5 |
| 2079 | 60.6 | 21.7 |
| 2080 | 60.8 | 21.9 |
| 2081 | 61 | 22.1 |
| 2082 | 61.1 | 22.3 |
| 2083 | 61.2 | 22.4 |
| 2084 | 61.3 | 22.6 |
| 2085 | 61.4 | 22.7 |
| 2086 | 61.5 | 22.8 |
| 2087 | 61.6 | 22.9 |
| 2088 | 61.6 | 22.9 |
| 2089 | 61.5 | 23 |
| 2090 | 61.5 | 23.1 |
| 2091 | 61.5 | 23.2 |
| 2092 | 61.4 | 23.3 |
| 2093 | 61.3 | 23.3 |
| 2094 | 61.3 | 23.4 |
| 2095 | 61.3 | 23.5 |
| 2096 | 61.2 | 23.6 |
| 2097 | 61.2 | 23.7 |
| 2098 | 61.2 | 23.7 |
| 2099 | 61.1 | 23.8 |
| 2100 | 61 | 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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