People aged 65 and over in Mexico

People aged 65 and over in Mexico: 3% in 1950 and 8% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 8%
Since 1950: +5 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 122 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 31.9%; 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 31.9% in 2100.
The highest was 8% in 2023, the lowest 2.7% in 1965.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Mexico	World
2023	8	10
2022	7.7	9.8
2021	7.6	9.5
2020	7.5	9.3
2019	7.3	9.1
2018	7.1	8.9
2017	7	8.7
2016	6.8	8.5
2015	6.7	8.3
2014	6.5	8.1
2013	6.4	7.9
2012	6.3	7.8
2011	6.2	7.7
2010	6.1	7.6
2009	6	7.5
2008	6	7.5
2007	5.9	7.4
2006	5.8	7.3
2005	5.7	7.3
2004	5.6	7.2
2003	5.4	7.1
2002	5.3	7
2001	5.1	6.9
2000	5	6.8
1999	4.9	6.8
1998	4.8	6.7
1997	4.7	6.6
1996	4.6	6.5
1995	4.5	6.5
1994	4.4	6.4
1993	4.3	6.3
1992	4.2	6.2
1991	4.2	6.1
1990	4.1	6.1
1989	4	6
1988	3.9	6
1987	3.7	5.9
1986	3.6	5.9
1985	3.5	5.8
1984	3.4	5.8
1983	3.2	5.8
1982	3.1	5.8
1981	3	5.8
1980	3	5.8
1979	2.9	5.8
1978	2.9	5.7
1977	2.9	5.6
1976	2.8	5.6
1975	2.8	5.5
1974	2.8	5.5
1973	2.7	5.4
1972	2.7	5.4
1971	2.7	5.3
1970	2.7	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	2.7	5
1960	2.8	5
1959	2.8	5
1958	2.8	5
1957	2.9	5
1956	2.9	5
1955	2.9	5
1954	2.9	5
1953	2.9	5
1952	3	5
1951	3	5
1950	3	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Mexico	World
2024	8.2	10.2
2025	8.5	10.4
2026	8.8	10.6
2027	9.1	10.8
2028	9.4	11.1
2029	9.7	11.5
2030	10	11.8
2031	10.4	12
2032	10.7	12.3
2033	11	12.6
2034	11.4	12.8
2035	11.7	13.1
2036	12.1	13.4
2037	12.4	13.7
2038	12.8	13.9
2039	13.2	14.1
2040	13.5	14.3
2041	13.9	14.5
2042	14.2	14.7
2043	14.5	14.9
2044	14.9	15
2045	15.2	15.2
2046	15.6	15.4
2047	15.9	15.7
2048	16.3	15.9
2049	16.6	16.1
2050	17	16.3
2051	17.3	16.6
2052	17.7	16.8
2053	18.1	17.1
2054	18.5	17.3
2055	18.9	17.6
2056	19.3	17.8
2057	19.7	18
2058	20.1	18.2
2059	20.5	18.4
2060	20.9	18.5
2061	21.2	18.7
2062	21.6	18.8
2063	22	19
2064	22.3	19.1
2065	22.7	19.3
2066	23.1	19.4
2067	23.5	19.6
2068	23.9	19.7
2069	24.3	19.9
2070	24.6	20
2071	25	20.2
2072	25.4	20.3
2073	25.7	20.5
2074	26.1	20.7
2075	26.4	20.9
2076	26.8	21.1
2077	27.1	21.3
2078	27.5	21.5
2079	27.8	21.7
2080	28.1	21.9
2081	28.4	22.1
2082	28.7	22.3
2083	28.9	22.4
2084	29.1	22.6
2085	29.4	22.7
2086	29.6	22.8
2087	29.8	22.9
2088	30	22.9
2089	30.2	23
2090	30.4	23.1
2091	30.5	23.2
2092	30.7	23.3
2093	30.9	23.3
2094	31	23.4
2095	31.2	23.5
2096	31.3	23.6
2097	31.4	23.7
2098	31.6	23.7
2099	31.7	23.8
2100	31.9	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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