Myanmar (Burma)

People aged 65 and over in Myanmar (Burma)

People aged 65 and over in Myanmar (Burma): 3.2% in 1950 and 7.1% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 7.1%
Since 1950: +3.9 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 130 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.

Every year

% of people · UN

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

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	World
2024	7.3	10.2
2025	7.5	10.4
2026	7.7	10.6
2027	8	10.8
2028	8.2	11.1
2029	8.4	11.5
2030	8.7	11.8
2031	8.9	12
2032	9.1	12.3
2033	9.4	12.6
2034	9.6	12.8
2035	9.8	13.1
2036	10.1	13.4
2037	10.3	13.7
2038	10.6	13.9
2039	10.8	14.1
2040	11	14.3
2041	11.2	14.5
2042	11.5	14.7
2043	11.7	14.9
2044	11.9	15
2045	12.2	15.2
2046	12.4	15.4
2047	12.7	15.7
2048	13	15.9
2049	13.3	16.1
2050	13.6	16.3
2051	13.8	16.6
2052	14.1	16.8
2053	14.3	17.1
2054	14.5	17.3
2055	14.7	17.6
2056	14.9	17.8
2057	15.2	18
2058	15.4	18.2
2059	15.7	18.4
2060	15.9	18.5
2061	16.1	18.7
2062	16.4	18.8
2063	16.6	19
2064	16.8	19.1
2065	17	19.3
2066	17.3	19.4
2067	17.5	19.6
2068	17.7	19.7
2069	17.9	19.9
2070	18.1	20
2071	18.3	20.2
2072	18.5	20.3
2073	18.7	20.5
2074	18.8	20.7
2075	19	20.9
2076	19.2	21.1
2077	19.3	21.3
2078	19.5	21.5
2079	19.7	21.7
2080	19.9	21.9
2081	20.1	22.1
2082	20.3	22.3
2083	20.5	22.4
2084	20.7	22.6
2085	21	22.7
2086	21.2	22.8
2087	21.4	22.9
2088	21.6	22.9
2089	21.7	23
2090	21.9	23.1
2091	22.1	23.2
2092	22.3	23.3
2093	22.5	23.3
2094	22.6	23.4
2095	22.8	23.5
2096	23	23.6
2097	23.1	23.7
2098	23.3	23.7
2099	23.4	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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