People aged 65 and over in Jersey

People aged 65 and over in Jersey: 12.4% in 1950 and 18.7% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 18.7%
Since 1950: +6.3 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 43 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 30.4%; 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 30.4% in 2100.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Jersey	World
2023	18.7	10
2022	18.4	9.8
2021	18.2	9.5
2020	18	9.3
2019	17.7	9.1
2018	17.4	8.9
2017	17.1	8.7
2016	16.7	8.5
2015	16.3	8.3
2014	16	8.1
2013	15.7	7.9
2012	15.3	7.8
2011	14.9	7.7
2010	14.7	7.6
2009	14.6	7.5
2008	14.4	7.5
2007	14.4	7.4
2006	14.3	7.3
2005	14.3	7.3
2004	14.2	7.2
2003	14	7.1
2002	14	7
2001	13.9	6.9
2000	13.8	6.8
1999	13.7	6.8
1998	13.7	6.7
1997	13.7	6.6
1996	13.8	6.5
1995	13.7	6.5
1994	13.7	6.4
1993	13.8	6.3
1992	13.8	6.2
1991	13.9	6.1
1990	14	6.1
1989	14	6
1988	14.1	6
1987	14.1	5.9
1986	14.1	5.9
1985	14.1	5.8
1984	14.2	5.8
1983	14.3	5.8
1982	14.5	5.8
1981	14.6	5.8
1980	14.7	5.8
1979	14.7	5.8
1978	14.6	5.7
1977	14.5	5.6
1976	14.3	5.6
1975	14.1	5.5
1974	14	5.5
1973	13.9	5.4
1972	13.8	5.4
1971	13.8	5.3
1970	13.7	5.3
1969	13.6	5.2
1968	13.6	5.2
1967	13.5	5.2
1966	13.5	5.1
1965	13.4	5.1
1964	13.3	5
1963	13.2	5
1962	13.2	5
1961	13.1	5
1960	13	5
1959	12.9	5
1958	12.8	5
1957	12.7	5
1956	12.6	5
1955	12.6	5
1954	12.6	5
1953	12.5	5
1952	12.5	5
1951	12.4	5
1950	12.4	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Jersey	World
2024	19	10.2
2025	19.3	10.4
2026	19.7	10.6
2027	20.2	10.8
2028	20.7	11.1
2029	21.3	11.5
2030	21.9	11.8
2031	22.5	12
2032	23.1	12.3
2033	23.6	12.6
2034	24.2	12.8
2035	24.6	13.1
2036	25.1	13.4
2037	25.5	13.7
2038	25.8	13.9
2039	26.1	14.1
2040	26.4	14.3
2041	26.7	14.5
2042	26.9	14.7
2043	27.1	14.9
2044	27.4	15
2045	27.7	15.2
2046	28	15.4
2047	28.2	15.7
2048	28.4	15.9
2049	28.6	16.1
2050	28.8	16.3
2051	28.9	16.6
2052	28.9	16.8
2053	29	17.1
2054	29.1	17.3
2055	29.1	17.6
2056	29.1	17.8
2057	29.1	18
2058	29.1	18.2
2059	29	18.4
2060	28.9	18.5
2061	28.8	18.7
2062	28.8	18.8
2063	28.7	19
2064	28.7	19.1
2065	28.6	19.3
2066	28.6	19.4
2067	28.5	19.6
2068	28.4	19.7
2069	28.4	19.9
2070	28.5	20
2071	28.5	20.2
2072	28.6	20.3
2073	28.7	20.5
2074	28.8	20.7
2075	28.9	20.9
2076	29	21.1
2077	29.2	21.3
2078	29.4	21.5
2079	29.5	21.7
2080	29.6	21.9
2081	29.7	22.1
2082	29.8	22.3
2083	29.9	22.4
2084	29.9	22.6
2085	30	22.7
2086	30	22.8
2087	30	22.9
2088	30	22.9
2089	30.1	23
2090	30.1	23.1
2091	30.1	23.2
2092	30.1	23.3
2093	30.2	23.3
2094	30.2	23.4
2095	30.2	23.5
2096	30.2	23.6
2097	30.3	23.7
2098	30.3	23.7
2099	30.3	23.8
2100	30.4	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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