People aged 65 and over in Luxembourg

People aged 65 and over in Luxembourg: 9.7% in 1950 and 15.1% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 15.1%
Since 1950: +5.4 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 71 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 32.8%; 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 32.8% in 2100.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Luxembourg	World
2023	15.1	10
2022	14.8	9.8
2021	14.7	9.5
2020	14.6	9.3
2019	14.5	9.1
2018	14.4	8.9
2017	14.3	8.7
2016	14.2	8.5
2015	14.2	8.3
2014	14.1	8.1
2013	14	7.9
2012	14	7.8
2011	14	7.7
2010	14	7.6
2009	14	7.5
2008	14	7.5
2007	14.1	7.4
2006	14.1	7.3
2005	14.1	7.3
2004	14.1	7.2
2003	14	7.1
2002	14	7
2001	14	6.9
2000	14	6.8
1999	14.2	6.8
1998	14.2	6.7
1997	14.1	6.6
1996	14.1	6.5
1995	13.9	6.5
1994	13.8	6.4
1993	13.6	6.3
1992	13.5	6.2
1991	13.4	6.1
1990	13.4	6.1
1989	13.4	6
1988	13.4	6
1987	13.3	5.9
1986	13.3	5.9
1985	13.2	5.8
1984	13.2	5.8
1983	13.3	5.8
1982	13.4	5.8
1981	13.5	5.8
1980	13.6	5.8
1979	13.5	5.8
1978	13.4	5.7
1977	13.3	5.6
1976	13.2	5.6
1975	13.1	5.5
1974	13	5.5
1973	12.9	5.4
1972	12.7	5.4
1971	12.6	5.3
1970	12.5	5.3
1969	12.2	5.2
1968	12	5.2
1967	11.8	5.2
1966	11.6	5.1
1965	11.4	5.1
1964	11.2	5
1963	11	5
1962	10.9	5
1961	10.8	5
1960	10.6	5
1959	10.6	5
1958	10.6	5
1957	10.5	5
1956	10.4	5
1955	10.3	5
1954	10.2	5
1953	10.1	5
1952	10	5
1951	9.9	5
1950	9.7	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Luxembourg	World
2024	15.5	10.2
2025	15.8	10.4
2026	16.2	10.6
2027	16.6	10.8
2028	17	11.1
2029	17.5	11.5
2030	18	11.8
2031	18.5	12
2032	19	12.3
2033	19.5	12.6
2034	20	12.8
2035	20.4	13.1
2036	20.8	13.4
2037	21.3	13.7
2038	21.7	13.9
2039	22	14.1
2040	22.4	14.3
2041	22.7	14.5
2042	23.1	14.7
2043	23.5	14.9
2044	23.8	15
2045	24.2	15.2
2046	24.6	15.4
2047	25	15.7
2048	25.3	15.9
2049	25.7	16.1
2050	26	16.3
2051	26.3	16.6
2052	26.7	16.8
2053	27	17.1
2054	27.4	17.3
2055	27.7	17.6
2056	28.1	17.8
2057	28.4	18
2058	28.7	18.2
2059	29	18.4
2060	29.3	18.5
2061	29.5	18.7
2062	29.8	18.8
2063	30	19
2064	30.1	19.1
2065	30.1	19.3
2066	30.1	19.4
2067	30.1	19.6
2068	30.1	19.7
2069	30.1	19.9
2070	30.2	20
2071	30.2	20.2
2072	30.3	20.3
2073	30.4	20.5
2074	30.4	20.7
2075	30.5	20.9
2076	30.6	21.1
2077	30.6	21.3
2078	30.7	21.5
2079	30.8	21.7
2080	30.9	21.9
2081	30.9	22.1
2082	31	22.3
2083	31.1	22.4
2084	31.1	22.6
2085	31.2	22.7
2086	31.3	22.8
2087	31.3	22.9
2088	31.4	22.9
2089	31.5	23
2090	31.7	23.1
2091	31.8	23.2
2092	31.9	23.3
2093	32	23.3
2094	32.2	23.4
2095	32.3	23.5
2096	32.4	23.6
2097	32.5	23.7
2098	32.6	23.7
2099	32.7	23.8
2100	32.8	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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