People aged 65 and over in Libya

People aged 65 and over in Libya: 5.2% in 1950 and 4.9% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 4.9%
Since 1950: −0.3 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 156 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 28%; 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 28% in 2100.
The highest was 5.2% in 1950, the lowest 2.3% in 1981.

Every year

% of people · UN

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

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Libya	World
2024	5	10.2
2025	5.2	10.4
2026	5.4	10.6
2027	5.7	10.8
2028	6	11.1
2029	6.3	11.5
2030	6.6	11.8
2031	7	12
2032	7.3	12.3
2033	7.7	12.6
2034	8.2	12.8
2035	8.7	13.1
2036	9.2	13.4
2037	9.7	13.7
2038	10.2	13.9
2039	10.7	14.1
2040	11.3	14.3
2041	11.8	14.5
2042	12.3	14.7
2043	12.9	14.9
2044	13.4	15
2045	13.9	15.2
2046	14.4	15.4
2047	14.8	15.7
2048	15.2	15.9
2049	15.6	16.1
2050	15.9	16.3
2051	16.2	16.6
2052	16.5	16.8
2053	16.7	17.1
2054	17	17.3
2055	17.2	17.6
2056	17.4	17.8
2057	17.6	18
2058	17.7	18.2
2059	17.9	18.4
2060	18	18.5
2061	18.2	18.7
2062	18.4	18.8
2063	18.6	19
2064	18.8	19.1
2065	18.9	19.3
2066	19.2	19.4
2067	19.4	19.6
2068	19.7	19.7
2069	19.9	19.9
2070	20.3	20
2071	20.6	20.2
2072	21	20.3
2073	21.3	20.5
2074	21.7	20.7
2075	22.1	20.9
2076	22.5	21.1
2077	22.9	21.3
2078	23.3	21.5
2079	23.6	21.7
2080	24	21.9
2081	24.4	22.1
2082	24.7	22.3
2083	25.1	22.4
2084	25.4	22.6
2085	25.6	22.7
2086	25.9	22.8
2087	26.1	22.9
2088	26.3	22.9
2089	26.5	23
2090	26.7	23.1
2091	26.9	23.2
2092	27	23.3
2093	27.2	23.3
2094	27.3	23.4
2095	27.4	23.5
2096	27.5	23.6
2097	27.7	23.7
2098	27.8	23.7
2099	27.9	23.8
2100	28	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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