People aged 65 and over in Malta

People aged 65 and over in Malta: 7.3% in 1950 and 19.8% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 19.8%
Since 1950: +12.5 percentage points
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 40.2%; 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 40.2% in 2100.
The highest was 19.8% in 2023, the lowest 6.8% in 1955.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Malta	World
2023	19.8	10
2022	19.3	9.8
2021	18.8	9.5
2020	18.5	9.3
2019	18.6	9.1
2018	18.8	8.9
2017	18.8	8.7
2016	18.7	8.5
2015	18.3	8.3
2014	17.9	8.1
2013	17.4	7.9
2012	16.6	7.8
2011	15.8	7.7
2010	15.1	7.6
2009	14.4	7.5
2008	13.9	7.5
2007	13.7	7.4
2006	13.6	7.3
2005	13.5	7.3
2004	13.2	7.2
2003	13	7.1
2002	12.7	7
2001	12.4	6.9
2000	12.2	6.8
1999	12	6.8
1998	11.8	6.7
1997	11.6	6.6
1996	11.4	6.5
1995	11.3	6.5
1994	11.1	6.4
1993	11	6.3
1992	10.8	6.2
1991	10.7	6.1
1990	10.5	6.1
1989	10.3	6
1988	10.1	6
1987	9.9	5.9
1986	9.8	5.9
1985	9.7	5.8
1984	9.7	5.8
1983	9.7	5.8
1982	9.7	5.8
1981	9.7	5.8
1980	9.7	5.8
1979	9.7	5.8
1978	9.7	5.7
1977	9.6	5.6
1976	9.6	5.6
1975	9.5	5.5
1974	9.3	5.5
1973	9.2	5.4
1972	9.1	5.4
1971	8.9	5.3
1970	8.8	5.3
1969	8.6	5.2
1968	8.5	5.2
1967	8.3	5.2
1966	8.1	5.1
1965	7.9	5.1
1964	7.8	5
1963	7.6	5
1962	7.5	5
1961	7.3	5
1960	7.2	5
1959	7	5
1958	6.9	5
1957	6.8	5
1956	6.8	5
1955	6.8	5
1954	6.8	5
1953	6.8	5
1952	6.9	5
1951	7.1	5
1950	7.3	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Malta	World
2024	20.2	10.2
2025	20.5	10.4
2026	20.9	10.6
2027	21.3	10.8
2028	21.6	11.1
2029	21.9	11.5
2030	22.2	11.8
2031	22.4	12
2032	22.5	12.3
2033	22.7	12.6
2034	23	12.8
2035	23.2	13.1
2036	23.5	13.4
2037	23.8	13.7
2038	24.1	13.9
2039	24.4	14.1
2040	24.9	14.3
2041	25.3	14.5
2042	25.8	14.7
2043	26.3	14.9
2044	26.8	15
2045	27.4	15.2
2046	27.9	15.4
2047	28.6	15.7
2048	29.3	15.9
2049	29.9	16.1
2050	30.6	16.3
2051	31.4	16.6
2052	32.2	16.8
2053	33	17.1
2054	33.9	17.3
2055	34.8	17.6
2056	35.7	17.8
2057	36.6	18
2058	37.4	18.2
2059	38.2	18.4
2060	38.8	18.5
2061	39.3	18.7
2062	39.8	18.8
2063	40.1	19
2064	40.3	19.1
2065	40.4	19.3
2066	40.5	19.4
2067	40.5	19.6
2068	40.5	19.7
2069	40.5	19.9
2070	40.5	20
2071	40.5	20.2
2072	40.5	20.3
2073	40.4	20.5
2074	40.5	20.7
2075	40.4	20.9
2076	40.4	21.1
2077	40.5	21.3
2078	40.5	21.5
2079	40.5	21.7
2080	40.5	21.9
2081	40.5	22.1
2082	40.5	22.3
2083	40.5	22.4
2084	40.5	22.6
2085	40.5	22.7
2086	40.4	22.8
2087	40.4	22.9
2088	40.3	22.9
2089	40.3	23
2090	40.2	23.1
2091	40.2	23.2
2092	40.2	23.3
2093	40.2	23.3
2094	40.2	23.4
2095	40.2	23.5
2096	40.2	23.6
2097	40.2	23.7
2098	40.2	23.7
2099	40.2	23.8
2100	40.2	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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