People aged 65 and over in Jamaica

People aged 65 and over in Jamaica: 3.8% in 1950 and 7.9% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 7.9%
Since 1950: +4 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 124 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 36.5%; 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 36.5% in 2100.
The highest was 7.9% in 2023, the lowest 3.8% in 1953.

Every year

% of people · UN

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

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Jamaica	World
2024	8.2	10.2
2025	8.6	10.4
2026	9	10.6
2027	9.4	10.8
2028	9.8	11.1
2029	10.2	11.5
2030	10.6	11.8
2031	11	12
2032	11.3	12.3
2033	11.7	12.6
2034	12.1	12.8
2035	12.4	13.1
2036	12.8	13.4
2037	13.2	13.7
2038	13.6	13.9
2039	14	14.1
2040	14.4	14.3
2041	14.8	14.5
2042	15.2	14.7
2043	15.6	14.9
2044	16	15
2045	16.5	15.2
2046	17	15.4
2047	17.5	15.7
2048	18.1	15.9
2049	18.7	16.1
2050	19.4	16.3
2051	20	16.6
2052	20.6	16.8
2053	21.3	17.1
2054	22	17.3
2055	22.7	17.6
2056	23.4	17.8
2057	24.3	18
2058	25.2	18.2
2059	26	18.4
2060	26.9	18.5
2061	27.7	18.7
2062	28.5	18.8
2063	29.3	19
2064	29.9	19.1
2065	30.5	19.3
2066	31.1	19.4
2067	31.6	19.6
2068	32.1	19.7
2069	32.6	19.9
2070	33.1	20
2071	33.6	20.2
2072	34	20.3
2073	34.4	20.5
2074	34.7	20.7
2075	35	20.9
2076	35.3	21.1
2077	35.5	21.3
2078	35.6	21.5
2079	35.8	21.7
2080	35.8	21.9
2081	35.9	22.1
2082	36	22.3
2083	36	22.4
2084	36	22.6
2085	36	22.7
2086	36	22.8
2087	36	22.9
2088	36	22.9
2089	36	23
2090	36.1	23.1
2091	36.1	23.2
2092	36.1	23.3
2093	36.1	23.3
2094	36.2	23.4
2095	36.2	23.5
2096	36.3	23.6
2097	36.3	23.7
2098	36.4	23.7
2099	36.4	23.8
2100	36.5	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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