People aged 65 and over in Lesotho

People aged 65 and over in Lesotho: 6.4% in 1950 and 3.8% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 3.8%
Since 1950: −2.5 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 178 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 17%; 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 17% in 2100.
The highest was 6.4% in 1950, the lowest 3.7% in 1976.

Every year

% of people · UN

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

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Lesotho	World
2024	3.9	10.2
2025	3.9	10.4
2026	3.9	10.6
2027	3.9	10.8
2028	3.9	11.1
2029	3.9	11.5
2030	3.9	11.8
2031	3.9	12
2032	4	12.3
2033	3.9	12.6
2034	3.9	12.8
2035	3.9	13.1
2036	3.9	13.4
2037	3.9	13.7
2038	3.9	13.9
2039	4	14.1
2040	4	14.3
2041	4.1	14.5
2042	4.2	14.7
2043	4.3	14.9
2044	4.4	15
2045	4.6	15.2
2046	4.8	15.4
2047	5.1	15.7
2048	5.3	15.9
2049	5.6	16.1
2050	5.9	16.3
2051	6.2	16.6
2052	6.6	16.8
2053	6.9	17.1
2054	7.3	17.3
2055	7.6	17.6
2056	7.9	17.8
2057	8.2	18
2058	8.4	18.2
2059	8.7	18.4
2060	8.9	18.5
2061	9.1	18.7
2062	9.3	18.8
2063	9.5	19
2064	9.6	19.1
2065	9.8	19.3
2066	9.9	19.4
2067	10.1	19.6
2068	10.3	19.7
2069	10.5	19.9
2070	10.7	20
2071	10.9	20.2
2072	11	20.3
2073	11.3	20.5
2074	11.5	20.7
2075	11.7	20.9
2076	12	21.1
2077	12.2	21.3
2078	12.5	21.5
2079	12.8	21.7
2080	13.1	21.9
2081	13.4	22.1
2082	13.7	22.3
2083	13.9	22.4
2084	14.2	22.6
2085	14.4	22.7
2086	14.6	22.8
2087	14.7	22.9
2088	14.9	22.9
2089	15.1	23
2090	15.3	23.1
2091	15.4	23.2
2092	15.6	23.3
2093	15.8	23.3
2094	15.9	23.4
2095	16.1	23.5
2096	16.3	23.6
2097	16.4	23.7
2098	16.6	23.7
2099	16.8	23.8
2100	17	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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