People aged 65 and over in Iran

People aged 65 and over in Iran: 5.2% in 1950 and 7.9% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 7.9%
Since 1950: +2.7 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 123 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 35.2%; 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 35.2% in 2100.
The highest was 7.9% in 2023, the lowest 3% in 1984.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Iran	World
2023	7.9	10
2022	7.6	9.8
2021	7.4	9.5
2020	7.2	9.3
2019	7	9.1
2018	6.8	8.9
2017	6.5	8.7
2016	6.3	8.5
2015	6	8.3
2014	5.8	8.1
2013	5.6	7.9
2012	5.4	7.8
2011	5.3	7.7
2010	5.2	7.6
2009	5	7.5
2008	4.9	7.5
2007	4.8	7.4
2006	4.7	7.3
2005	4.7	7.3
2004	4.6	7.2
2003	4.6	7.1
2002	4.4	7
2001	4.3	6.9
2000	4.2	6.8
1999	4.1	6.8
1998	4	6.7
1997	3.9	6.6
1996	3.8	6.5
1995	3.7	6.5
1994	3.6	6.4
1993	3.4	6.3
1992	3.4	6.2
1991	3.3	6.1
1990	3.2	6.1
1989	3.2	6
1988	3.1	6
1987	3.1	5.9
1986	3	5.9
1985	3	5.8
1984	3	5.8
1983	3	5.8
1982	3	5.8
1981	3.1	5.8
1980	3.2	5.8
1979	3.2	5.8
1978	3.2	5.7
1977	3.3	5.6
1976	3.3	5.6
1975	3.4	5.5
1974	3.4	5.5
1973	3.4	5.4
1972	3.4	5.4
1971	3.4	5.3
1970	3.5	5.3
1969	3.5	5.2
1968	3.5	5.2
1967	3.6	5.2
1966	3.6	5.1
1965	3.7	5.1
1964	3.7	5
1963	3.8	5
1962	3.9	5
1961	4	5
1960	4.1	5
1959	4.3	5
1958	4.4	5
1957	4.5	5
1956	4.6	5
1955	4.8	5
1954	4.9	5
1953	5	5
1952	5	5
1951	5.1	5
1950	5.2	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Iran	World
2024	8.2	10.2
2025	8.6	10.4
2026	8.9	10.6
2027	9.3	10.8
2028	9.7	11.1
2029	10	11.5
2030	10.4	11.8
2031	10.8	12
2032	11.2	12.3
2033	11.6	12.6
2034	12.1	12.8
2035	12.5	13.1
2036	13	13.4
2037	13.5	13.7
2038	14	13.9
2039	14.5	14.1
2040	15	14.3
2041	15.5	14.5
2042	16.1	14.7
2043	16.7	14.9
2044	17.3	15
2045	18.1	15.2
2046	18.9	15.4
2047	19.7	15.7
2048	20.6	15.9
2049	21.5	16.1
2050	22.4	16.3
2051	23.4	16.6
2052	24.3	16.8
2053	25.1	17.1
2054	25.9	17.3
2055	26.7	17.6
2056	27.4	17.8
2057	28	18
2058	28.5	18.2
2059	28.9	18.4
2060	29.3	18.5
2061	29.5	18.7
2062	29.7	18.8
2063	29.9	19
2064	30	19.1
2065	30.1	19.3
2066	30.2	19.4
2067	30.3	19.6
2068	30.3	19.7
2069	30.3	19.9
2070	30.4	20
2071	30.5	20.2
2072	30.6	20.3
2073	30.7	20.5
2074	30.8	20.7
2075	30.9	20.9
2076	31.1	21.1
2077	31.3	21.3
2078	31.6	21.5
2079	31.9	21.7
2080	32.3	21.9
2081	32.7	22.1
2082	33.1	22.3
2083	33.4	22.4
2084	33.7	22.6
2085	33.9	22.7
2086	34	22.8
2087	34.2	22.9
2088	34.3	22.9
2089	34.4	23
2090	34.6	23.1
2091	34.7	23.2
2092	34.7	23.3
2093	34.8	23.3
2094	34.9	23.4
2095	34.9	23.5
2096	35	23.6
2097	35	23.7
2098	35.1	23.7
2099	35.1	23.8
2100	35.2	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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