People aged 65 and over in Kazakhstan

People aged 65 and over in Kazakhstan: 6.5% in 1950 and 8.3% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 8.3%
Since 1950: +1.8 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 118 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 22.2%; 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 22.2% in 2100.
The highest was 8.3% in 2023, the lowest 4.7% in 1966.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Kazakhstan	World
2023	8.3	10
2022	8	9.8
2021	7.8	9.5
2020	7.6	9.3
2019	7.5	9.1
2018	7.3	8.9
2017	7.1	8.7
2016	6.9	8.5
2015	6.8	8.3
2014	6.6	8.1
2013	6.5	7.9
2012	6.4	7.8
2011	6.4	7.7
2010	6.5	7.6
2009	6.8	7.5
2008	7.1	7.5
2007	7.4	7.4
2006	7.5	7.3
2005	7.5	7.3
2004	7.4	7.2
2003	7.2	7.1
2002	7	7
2001	6.8	6.9
2000	6.7	6.8
1999	6.7	6.8
1998	6.7	6.7
1997	6.7	6.6
1996	6.7	6.5
1995	6.6	6.5
1994	6.4	6.4
1993	6.2	6.3
1992	6	6.2
1991	5.8	6.1
1990	5.7	6.1
1989	5.7	6
1988	5.7	6
1987	6	5.9
1986	6.2	5.9
1985	6.4	5.8
1984	6.6	5.8
1983	6.7	5.8
1982	6.9	5.8
1981	7.1	5.8
1980	7.2	5.8
1979	6.5	5.8
1978	5.6	5.7
1977	5.3	5.6
1976	5.1	5.6
1975	4.9	5.5
1974	4.9	5.5
1973	4.8	5.4
1972	4.8	5.4
1971	4.8	5.3
1970	4.8	5.3
1969	4.7	5.2
1968	4.7	5.2
1967	4.7	5.2
1966	4.7	5.1
1965	4.7	5.1
1964	4.7	5
1963	4.8	5
1962	5	5
1961	5.1	5
1960	5.3	5
1959	5.4	5
1958	5.6	5
1957	5.8	5
1956	6	5
1955	6.2	5
1954	6.3	5
1953	6.3	5
1952	6.4	5
1951	6.4	5
1950	6.5	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Kazakhstan	World
2024	8.7	10.2
2025	9	10.4
2026	9.3	10.6
2027	9.7	10.8
2028	10	11.1
2029	10.3	11.5
2030	10.5	11.8
2031	10.8	12
2032	11	12.3
2033	11.2	12.6
2034	11.4	12.8
2035	11.5	13.1
2036	11.7	13.4
2037	11.9	13.7
2038	12	13.9
2039	12.2	14.1
2040	12.3	14.3
2041	12.5	14.5
2042	12.6	14.7
2043	12.7	14.9
2044	12.8	15
2045	13	15.2
2046	13.1	15.4
2047	13.2	15.7
2048	13.4	15.9
2049	13.6	16.1
2050	13.8	16.3
2051	14	16.6
2052	14.3	16.8
2053	14.5	17.1
2054	14.8	17.3
2055	15	17.6
2056	15.2	17.8
2057	15.4	18
2058	15.5	18.2
2059	15.6	18.4
2060	15.6	18.5
2061	15.6	18.7
2062	15.6	18.8
2063	15.5	19
2064	15.4	19.1
2065	15.3	19.3
2066	15.2	19.4
2067	15.1	19.6
2068	15.1	19.7
2069	15	19.9
2070	15	20
2071	15.1	20.2
2072	15.2	20.3
2073	15.4	20.5
2074	15.6	20.7
2075	15.8	20.9
2076	16	21.1
2077	16.3	21.3
2078	16.5	21.5
2079	16.8	21.7
2080	17.1	21.9
2081	17.4	22.1
2082	17.7	22.3
2083	18	22.4
2084	18.3	22.6
2085	18.7	22.7
2086	19.1	22.8
2087	19.5	22.9
2088	19.8	22.9
2089	20	23
2090	20.3	23.1
2091	20.5	23.2
2092	20.8	23.3
2093	21	23.3
2094	21.2	23.4
2095	21.3	23.5
2096	21.5	23.6
2097	21.7	23.7
2098	21.9	23.7
2099	22.1	23.8
2100	22.2	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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