People aged 65 and over in Iceland

People aged 65 and over in Iceland: 7.5% in 1950 and 15.4% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 15.4%
Since 1950: +7.8 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 69 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 35.6%; 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 35.6% in 2100.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Iceland	World
2023	15.4	10
2022	15.1	9.8
2021	14.9	9.5
2020	14.6	9.3
2019	14.3	9.1
2018	14.1	8.9
2017	14	8.7
2016	13.9	8.5
2015	13.7	8.3
2014	13.4	8.1
2013	13.1	7.9
2012	12.8	7.8
2011	12.5	7.7
2010	12.1	7.6
2009	11.8	7.5
2008	11.6	7.5
2007	11.5	7.4
2006	11.6	7.3
2005	11.7	7.3
2004	11.8	7.2
2003	11.7	7.1
2002	11.7	7
2001	11.6	6.9
2000	11.6	6.8
1999	11.6	6.8
1998	11.6	6.7
1997	11.5	6.6
1996	11.4	6.5
1995	11.2	6.5
1994	11	6.4
1993	10.9	6.3
1992	10.8	6.2
1991	10.7	6.1
1990	10.6	6.1
1989	10.5	6
1988	10.5	6
1987	10.4	5.9
1986	10.3	5.9
1985	10.1	5.8
1984	10	5.8
1983	10	5.8
1982	9.9	5.8
1981	9.9	5.8
1980	9.9	5.8
1979	9.8	5.8
1978	9.6	5.7
1977	9.5	5.6
1976	9.3	5.6
1975	9.2	5.5
1974	9.1	5.5
1973	9	5.4
1972	9	5.4
1971	8.9	5.3
1970	8.8	5.3
1969	8.7	5.2
1968	8.6	5.2
1967	8.5	5.2
1966	8.5	5.1
1965	8.4	5.1
1964	8.4	5
1963	8.3	5
1962	8.2	5
1961	8.2	5
1960	8.1	5
1959	8	5
1958	7.9	5
1957	7.8	5
1956	7.7	5
1955	7.6	5
1954	7.6	5
1953	7.6	5
1952	7.6	5
1951	7.6	5
1950	7.5	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Iceland	World
2024	15.7	10.2
2025	16	10.4
2026	16.3	10.6
2027	16.6	10.8
2028	17	11.1
2029	17.3	11.5
2030	17.7	11.8
2031	18	12
2032	18.4	12.3
2033	18.7	12.6
2034	18.9	12.8
2035	19.2	13.1
2036	19.4	13.4
2037	19.7	13.7
2038	20.1	13.9
2039	20.4	14.1
2040	20.7	14.3
2041	21	14.5
2042	21.2	14.7
2043	21.5	14.9
2044	21.8	15
2045	22.2	15.2
2046	22.5	15.4
2047	22.9	15.7
2048	23.3	15.9
2049	23.6	16.1
2050	23.9	16.3
2051	24.3	16.6
2052	24.6	16.8
2053	25.1	17.1
2054	25.6	17.3
2055	26.1	17.6
2056	26.7	17.8
2057	27.3	18
2058	27.9	18.2
2059	28.4	18.4
2060	28.9	18.5
2061	29.4	18.7
2062	29.8	18.8
2063	30.2	19
2064	30.5	19.1
2065	30.8	19.3
2066	31.1	19.4
2067	31.3	19.6
2068	31.5	19.7
2069	31.7	19.9
2070	31.9	20
2071	32.1	20.2
2072	32.4	20.3
2073	32.6	20.5
2074	32.9	20.7
2075	33.1	20.9
2076	33.3	21.1
2077	33.4	21.3
2078	33.6	21.5
2079	33.7	21.7
2080	33.8	21.9
2081	33.8	22.1
2082	33.8	22.3
2083	33.9	22.4
2084	33.9	22.6
2085	34.1	22.7
2086	34.2	22.8
2087	34.4	22.9
2088	34.5	22.9
2089	34.6	23
2090	34.7	23.1
2091	34.8	23.2
2092	34.9	23.3
2093	35	23.3
2094	35.1	23.4
2095	35.2	23.5
2096	35.3	23.6
2097	35.4	23.7
2098	35.4	23.7
2099	35.5	23.8
2100	35.6	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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