People aged 65 and over in Mauritius

People aged 65 and over in Mauritius: 3.3% in 1950 and 12.9% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 12.9%
Since 1950: +9.7 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 81 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 39.7%; 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 39.7% in 2100.
The highest was 12.9% in 2023, the lowest 3% in 1959.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Mauritius	World
2023	12.9	10
2022	12.4	9.8
2021	11.9	9.5
2020	11.4	9.3
2019	10.9	9.1
2018	10.4	8.9
2017	9.9	8.7
2016	9.4	8.5
2015	8.9	8.3
2014	8.4	8.1
2013	8	7.9
2012	7.7	7.8
2011	7.4	7.7
2010	7.2	7.6
2009	7	7.5
2008	6.8	7.5
2007	6.7	7.4
2006	6.6	7.3
2005	6.5	7.3
2004	6.4	7.2
2003	6.4	7.1
2002	6.3	7
2001	6.2	6.9
2000	6.1	6.8
1999	6	6.8
1998	6	6.7
1997	5.9	6.6
1996	5.9	6.5
1995	5.9	6.5
1994	5.8	6.4
1993	5.7	6.3
1992	5.6	6.2
1991	5.5	6.1
1990	5.3	6.1
1989	5.2	6
1988	5	6
1987	4.9	5.9
1986	4.8	5.9
1985	4.7	5.8
1984	4.6	5.8
1983	4.5	5.8
1982	4.5	5.8
1981	4.4	5.8
1980	4.3	5.8
1979	4.3	5.8
1978	4.2	5.7
1977	4.1	5.6
1976	4	5.6
1975	4	5.5
1974	3.9	5.5
1973	3.8	5.4
1972	3.7	5.4
1971	3.6	5.3
1970	3.6	5.3
1969	3.6	5.2
1968	3.5	5.2
1967	3.5	5.2
1966	3.4	5.1
1965	3.4	5.1
1964	3.3	5
1963	3.3	5
1962	3.2	5
1961	3.1	5
1960	3	5
1959	3	5
1958	3	5
1957	3	5
1956	3.1	5
1955	3.1	5
1954	3.2	5
1953	3.2	5
1952	3.2	5
1951	3.3	5
1950	3.3	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Mauritius	World
2024	13.5	10.2
2025	14.1	10.4
2026	14.7	10.6
2027	15.3	10.8
2028	16	11.1
2029	16.6	11.5
2030	17.2	11.8
2031	17.7	12
2032	18.2	12.3
2033	18.7	12.6
2034	19.1	12.8
2035	19.5	13.1
2036	19.8	13.4
2037	20.1	13.7
2038	20.5	13.9
2039	20.8	14.1
2040	21.2	14.3
2041	21.6	14.5
2042	22.1	14.7
2043	22.7	14.9
2044	23.3	15
2045	23.9	15.2
2046	24.4	15.4
2047	25	15.7
2048	25.4	15.9
2049	25.8	16.1
2050	26.1	16.3
2051	26.5	16.6
2052	26.9	16.8
2053	27.4	17.1
2054	28	17.3
2055	28.7	17.6
2056	29.4	17.8
2057	30	18
2058	30.7	18.2
2059	31.4	18.4
2060	32	18.5
2061	32.6	18.7
2062	33.2	18.8
2063	33.8	19
2064	34.3	19.1
2065	34.8	19.3
2066	35.3	19.4
2067	35.8	19.6
2068	36.3	19.7
2069	36.9	19.9
2070	37.4	20
2071	37.9	20.2
2072	38.3	20.3
2073	38.6	20.5
2074	38.9	20.7
2075	39.1	20.9
2076	39.2	21.1
2077	39.3	21.3
2078	39.4	21.5
2079	39.4	21.7
2080	39.4	21.9
2081	39.4	22.1
2082	39.3	22.3
2083	39.3	22.4
2084	39.3	22.6
2085	39.3	22.7
2086	39.4	22.8
2087	39.4	22.9
2088	39.4	22.9
2089	39.4	23
2090	39.4	23.1
2091	39.4	23.2
2092	39.4	23.3
2093	39.4	23.3
2094	39.4	23.4
2095	39.4	23.5
2096	39.4	23.6
2097	39.4	23.7
2098	39.5	23.7
2099	39.6	23.8
2100	39.7	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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