People aged 65 and over in Jordan

People aged 65 and over in Jordan: 5% in 1950 and 4.3% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 4.3%
Since 1950: −0.7 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 167 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 25.6%; 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 25.6% in 2100.
The highest was 5% in 1950, the lowest 2.3% in 1987.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Jordan	World
2023	4.3	10
2022	4.1	9.8
2021	4	9.5
2020	3.9	9.3
2019	3.8	9.1
2018	3.6	8.9
2017	3.5	8.7
2016	3.4	8.5
2015	3.3	8.3
2014	3.4	8.1
2013	3.5	7.9
2012	3.6	7.8
2011	3.5	7.7
2010	3.5	7.6
2009	3.4	7.5
2008	3.3	7.5
2007	3.3	7.4
2006	3.2	7.3
2005	3.1	7.3
2004	3	7.2
2003	3	7.1
2002	2.9	7
2001	2.8	6.9
2000	2.7	6.8
1999	2.6	6.8
1998	2.6	6.7
1997	2.5	6.6
1996	2.4	6.5
1995	2.4	6.5
1994	2.4	6.4
1993	2.4	6.3
1992	2.4	6.2
1991	2.3	6.1
1990	2.4	6.1
1989	2.4	6
1988	2.3	6
1987	2.3	5.9
1986	2.3	5.9
1985	2.4	5.8
1984	2.4	5.8
1983	2.4	5.8
1982	2.4	5.8
1981	2.4	5.8
1980	2.5	5.8
1979	2.5	5.8
1978	2.6	5.7
1977	2.6	5.6
1976	2.7	5.6
1975	2.8	5.5
1974	2.8	5.5
1973	2.9	5.4
1972	3	5.4
1971	3	5.3
1970	3.1	5.3
1969	3.2	5.2
1968	3.3	5.2
1967	3.4	5.2
1966	3.5	5.1
1965	3.6	5.1
1964	3.7	5
1963	3.9	5
1962	4	5
1961	4.1	5
1960	4.2	5
1959	4.3	5
1958	4.4	5
1957	4.4	5
1956	4.5	5
1955	4.6	5
1954	4.7	5
1953	4.7	5
1952	4.8	5
1951	4.9	5
1950	5	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Jordan	World
2024	4.5	10.2
2025	4.8	10.4
2026	5	10.6
2027	5.2	10.8
2028	5.5	11.1
2029	5.8	11.5
2030	6.1	11.8
2031	6.4	12
2032	6.7	12.3
2033	7	12.6
2034	7.3	12.8
2035	7.7	13.1
2036	8	13.4
2037	8.3	13.7
2038	8.6	13.9
2039	8.9	14.1
2040	9.2	14.3
2041	9.5	14.5
2042	9.8	14.7
2043	10.1	14.9
2044	10.4	15
2045	10.6	15.2
2046	10.9	15.4
2047	11.2	15.7
2048	11.5	15.9
2049	11.8	16.1
2050	12.1	16.3
2051	12.4	16.6
2052	12.7	16.8
2053	13	17.1
2054	13.3	17.3
2055	13.6	17.6
2056	13.9	17.8
2057	14.2	18
2058	14.6	18.2
2059	14.9	18.4
2060	15.2	18.5
2061	15.5	18.7
2062	15.7	18.8
2063	15.9	19
2064	16.1	19.1
2065	16.2	19.3
2066	16.4	19.4
2067	16.6	19.6
2068	16.8	19.7
2069	17.1	19.9
2070	17.4	20
2071	17.7	20.2
2072	18	20.3
2073	18.4	20.5
2074	18.9	20.7
2075	19.3	20.9
2076	19.7	21.1
2077	20.1	21.3
2078	20.5	21.5
2079	20.8	21.7
2080	21.2	21.9
2081	21.5	22.1
2082	21.8	22.3
2083	22	22.4
2084	22.3	22.6
2085	22.6	22.7
2086	22.8	22.8
2087	23	22.9
2088	23.3	22.9
2089	23.4	23
2090	23.6	23.1
2091	23.8	23.2
2092	24	23.3
2093	24.2	23.3
2094	24.4	23.4
2095	24.5	23.5
2096	24.7	23.6
2097	24.9	23.7
2098	25.1	23.7
2099	25.3	23.8
2100	25.6	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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