People aged 65 and over in Morocco

People aged 65 and over in Morocco: 2.9% in 1950 and 7.8% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 7.8%
Since 1950: +5 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 125 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 30.3%; 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 30.3% in 2100.
The highest was 7.8% in 2023, the lowest 2.6% in 1983.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Morocco	World
2023	7.8	10
2022	7.5	9.8
2021	7.2	9.5
2020	7	9.3
2019	6.7	9.1
2018	6.5	8.9
2017	6.2	8.7
2016	6	8.5
2015	5.8	8.3
2014	5.6	8.1
2013	5.5	7.9
2012	5.4	7.8
2011	5.3	7.7
2010	5.2	7.6
2009	5.1	7.5
2008	5	7.5
2007	4.9	7.4
2006	4.8	7.3
2005	4.7	7.3
2004	4.7	7.2
2003	4.6	7.1
2002	4.5	7
2001	4.4	6.9
2000	4.3	6.8
1999	4.2	6.8
1998	4.1	6.7
1997	4	6.6
1996	3.9	6.5
1995	3.8	6.5
1994	3.6	6.4
1993	3.5	6.3
1992	3.3	6.2
1991	3.2	6.1
1990	3.1	6.1
1989	2.9	6
1988	2.8	6
1987	2.8	5.9
1986	2.7	5.9
1985	2.6	5.8
1984	2.6	5.8
1983	2.6	5.8
1982	2.6	5.8
1981	2.7	5.8
1980	2.7	5.8
1979	2.8	5.8
1978	2.8	5.7
1977	2.9	5.6
1976	3	5.6
1975	3	5.5
1974	3.1	5.5
1973	3.1	5.4
1972	3.1	5.4
1971	3.1	5.3
1970	3.1	5.3
1969	3.1	5.2
1968	3.1	5.2
1967	3.1	5.2
1966	3	5.1
1965	3	5.1
1964	2.9	5
1963	2.9	5
1962	2.9	5
1961	2.8	5
1960	2.8	5
1959	2.8	5
1958	2.8	5
1957	2.8	5
1956	2.7	5
1955	2.7	5
1954	2.7	5
1953	2.8	5
1952	2.8	5
1951	2.8	5
1950	2.9	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Morocco	World
2024	8.1	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	10.3	12
2032	10.6	12.3
2033	10.9	12.6
2034	11.1	12.8
2035	11.4	13.1
2036	11.7	13.4
2037	12	13.7
2038	12.3	13.9
2039	12.6	14.1
2040	12.9	14.3
2041	13.2	14.5
2042	13.5	14.7
2043	13.9	14.9
2044	14.2	15
2045	14.5	15.2
2046	14.9	15.4
2047	15.3	15.7
2048	15.7	15.9
2049	16	16.1
2050	16.4	16.3
2051	16.8	16.6
2052	17.2	16.8
2053	17.6	17.1
2054	18	17.3
2055	18.3	17.6
2056	18.7	17.8
2057	19.1	18
2058	19.4	18.2
2059	19.7	18.4
2060	20	18.5
2061	20.3	18.7
2062	20.6	18.8
2063	20.8	19
2064	21.1	19.1
2065	21.3	19.3
2066	21.6	19.4
2067	21.8	19.6
2068	22.1	19.7
2069	22.3	19.9
2070	22.5	20
2071	22.8	20.2
2072	23.1	20.3
2073	23.4	20.5
2074	23.8	20.7
2075	24.1	20.9
2076	24.5	21.1
2077	24.9	21.3
2078	25.2	21.5
2079	25.5	21.7
2080	25.8	21.9
2081	26.1	22.1
2082	26.4	22.3
2083	26.7	22.4
2084	27	22.6
2085	27.3	22.7
2086	27.6	22.8
2087	27.8	22.9
2088	28.1	22.9
2089	28.3	23
2090	28.5	23.1
2091	28.7	23.2
2092	28.9	23.3
2093	29.1	23.3
2094	29.3	23.4
2095	29.5	23.5
2096	29.7	23.6
2097	29.8	23.7
2098	30	23.7
2099	30.2	23.8
2100	30.3	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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