People aged 65 and over in Malaysia

People aged 65 and over in Malaysia: 4.9% in 1950 and 7.5% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 7.5%
Since 1950: +2.5 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 129 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 30.2%; 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 30.2% in 2100.
The highest was 7.5% in 2023, the lowest 2.7% in 1968.

Every year

% of people · UN

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

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Malaysia	World
2024	7.7	10.2
2025	8	10.4
2026	8.3	10.6
2027	8.6	10.8
2028	8.9	11.1
2029	9.2	11.5
2030	9.5	11.8
2031	9.8	12
2032	10.1	12.3
2033	10.4	12.6
2034	10.6	12.8
2035	10.9	13.1
2036	11.2	13.4
2037	11.5	13.7
2038	11.8	13.9
2039	12.1	14.1
2040	12.4	14.3
2041	12.7	14.5
2042	13.1	14.7
2043	13.5	14.9
2044	13.9	15
2045	14.3	15.2
2046	14.7	15.4
2047	15.2	15.7
2048	15.8	15.9
2049	16.3	16.1
2050	16.8	16.3
2051	17.4	16.6
2052	17.9	16.8
2053	18.4	17.1
2054	19	17.3
2055	19.5	17.6
2056	20	17.8
2057	20.5	18
2058	21	18.2
2059	21.4	18.4
2060	21.9	18.5
2061	22.3	18.7
2062	22.7	18.8
2063	23.2	19
2064	23.6	19.1
2065	24	19.3
2066	24.4	19.4
2067	24.8	19.6
2068	25.2	19.7
2069	25.6	19.9
2070	25.9	20
2071	26.2	20.2
2072	26.5	20.3
2073	26.8	20.5
2074	27.1	20.7
2075	27.3	20.9
2076	27.6	21.1
2077	27.8	21.3
2078	28.1	21.5
2079	28.4	21.7
2080	28.7	21.9
2081	29	22.1
2082	29.2	22.3
2083	29.4	22.4
2084	29.5	22.6
2085	29.6	22.7
2086	29.6	22.8
2087	29.6	22.9
2088	29.7	22.9
2089	29.7	23
2090	29.7	23.1
2091	29.8	23.2
2092	29.8	23.3
2093	29.8	23.3
2094	29.9	23.4
2095	29.9	23.5
2096	30	23.6
2097	30	23.7
2098	30.1	23.7
2099	30.1	23.8
2100	30.2	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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