People aged 65 and over in Mongolia

People aged 65 and over in Mongolia: 4% in 1950 and 4.9% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 4.9%
Since 1950: +0.9 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 157 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 23.6%; 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 23.6% in 2100.
The highest was 6.3% in 1963, the lowest 3.4% in 1999.

Every year

% of people · UN

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

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Mongolia	World
2024	5.1	10.2
2025	5.4	10.4
2026	5.7	10.6
2027	6.1	10.8
2028	6.4	11.1
2029	6.7	11.5
2030	7	11.8
2031	7.4	12
2032	7.7	12.3
2033	8	12.6
2034	8.3	12.8
2035	8.6	13.1
2036	8.8	13.4
2037	9.1	13.7
2038	9.4	13.9
2039	9.7	14.1
2040	10	14.3
2041	10.2	14.5
2042	10.5	14.7
2043	10.8	14.9
2044	11	15
2045	11.3	15.2
2046	11.5	15.4
2047	11.7	15.7
2048	12	15.9
2049	12.3	16.1
2050	12.6	16.3
2051	12.9	16.6
2052	13.3	16.8
2053	13.6	17.1
2054	14	17.3
2055	14.3	17.6
2056	14.5	17.8
2057	14.7	18
2058	14.9	18.2
2059	14.9	18.4
2060	15	18.5
2061	15	18.7
2062	15.1	18.8
2063	15.1	19
2064	15	19.1
2065	15	19.3
2066	14.9	19.4
2067	14.8	19.6
2068	14.7	19.7
2069	14.7	19.9
2070	14.7	20
2071	14.7	20.2
2072	14.8	20.3
2073	15.1	20.5
2074	15.4	20.7
2075	15.8	20.9
2076	16.2	21.1
2077	16.7	21.3
2078	17.2	21.5
2079	17.8	21.7
2080	18.4	21.9
2081	19	22.1
2082	19.5	22.3
2083	20	22.4
2084	20.5	22.6
2085	20.9	22.7
2086	21.3	22.8
2087	21.6	22.9
2088	21.9	22.9
2089	22.1	23
2090	22.3	23.1
2091	22.5	23.2
2092	22.6	23.3
2093	22.8	23.3
2094	22.9	23.4
2095	23	23.5
2096	23.1	23.6
2097	23.2	23.7
2098	23.3	23.7
2099	23.5	23.8
2100	23.6	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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