People aged 65 and over in Iraq

People aged 65 and over in Iraq: 2.8% in 1950 and 3.4% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 3.4%
Since 1950: +0.6 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 191 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 19.3%; 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 19.3% in 2100.
The highest was 4.5% in 1975, the lowest 2.7% in 1954.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Iraq	World
2023	3.4	10
2022	3.4	9.8
2021	3.4	9.5
2020	3.4	9.3
2019	3.3	9.1
2018	3.2	8.9
2017	3.2	8.7
2016	3.1	8.5
2015	3	8.3
2014	3	8.1
2013	3	7.9
2012	3	7.8
2011	3	7.7
2010	3	7.6
2009	3	7.5
2008	3	7.5
2007	3	7.4
2006	3	7.3
2005	3	7.3
2004	3	7.2
2003	3	7.1
2002	3	7
2001	3.1	6.9
2000	3.1	6.8
1999	3.1	6.8
1998	3.2	6.7
1997	3.2	6.6
1996	3.3	6.5
1995	3.3	6.5
1994	3.4	6.4
1993	3.4	6.3
1992	3.5	6.2
1991	3.6	6.1
1990	3.7	6.1
1989	3.8	6
1988	3.9	6
1987	4	5.9
1986	4.1	5.9
1985	4.2	5.8
1984	4.2	5.8
1983	4.3	5.8
1982	4.3	5.8
1981	4.4	5.8
1980	4.4	5.8
1979	4.4	5.8
1978	4.5	5.7
1977	4.5	5.6
1976	4.5	5.6
1975	4.5	5.5
1974	4.5	5.5
1973	4.5	5.4
1972	4.4	5.4
1971	4.4	5.3
1970	4.3	5.3
1969	4.3	5.2
1968	4.2	5.2
1967	4.1	5.2
1966	4	5.1
1965	3.9	5.1
1964	3.8	5
1963	3.7	5
1962	3.6	5
1961	3.5	5
1960	3.4	5
1959	3.2	5
1958	3.1	5
1957	2.9	5
1956	2.8	5
1955	2.7	5
1954	2.7	5
1953	2.7	5
1952	2.7	5
1951	2.7	5
1950	2.8	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Iraq	World
2024	3.4	10.2
2025	3.4	10.4
2026	3.5	10.6
2027	3.6	10.8
2028	3.8	11.1
2029	3.9	11.5
2030	4	11.8
2031	4.2	12
2032	4.3	12.3
2033	4.5	12.6
2034	4.7	12.8
2035	4.8	13.1
2036	5	13.4
2037	5.2	13.7
2038	5.4	13.9
2039	5.6	14.1
2040	5.7	14.3
2041	5.9	14.5
2042	6.1	14.7
2043	6.3	14.9
2044	6.4	15
2045	6.6	15.2
2046	6.8	15.4
2047	6.9	15.7
2048	7.1	15.9
2049	7.2	16.1
2050	7.4	16.3
2051	7.6	16.6
2052	7.7	16.8
2053	7.9	17.1
2054	8.1	17.3
2055	8.3	17.6
2056	8.5	17.8
2057	8.8	18
2058	9	18.2
2059	9.2	18.4
2060	9.5	18.5
2061	9.7	18.7
2062	9.9	18.8
2063	10.2	19
2064	10.4	19.1
2065	10.6	19.3
2066	10.9	19.4
2067	11.1	19.6
2068	11.4	19.7
2069	11.6	19.9
2070	11.8	20
2071	12.1	20.2
2072	12.3	20.3
2073	12.6	20.5
2074	12.9	20.7
2075	13.2	20.9
2076	13.5	21.1
2077	13.9	21.3
2078	14.3	21.5
2079	14.7	21.7
2080	15	21.9
2081	15.3	22.1
2082	15.5	22.3
2083	15.7	22.4
2084	15.9	22.6
2085	16.1	22.7
2086	16.3	22.8
2087	16.5	22.9
2088	16.7	22.9
2089	16.9	23
2090	17.1	23.1
2091	17.3	23.2
2092	17.6	23.3
2093	17.8	23.3
2094	18	23.4
2095	18.2	23.5
2096	18.4	23.6
2097	18.6	23.7
2098	18.9	23.7
2099	19.1	23.8
2100	19.3	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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