People aged 65 and over in Niger

People aged 65 and over in Niger: 0.9% in 1950 and 2.6% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 2.6%
Since 1950: +1.7 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 217 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 12.9%; 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 12.9% in 2100.
The highest was 2.6% in 2023, the lowest 0.8% in 1954.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Niger	World
2023	2.6	10
2022	2.6	9.8
2021	2.5	9.5
2020	2.5	9.3
2019	2.5	9.1
2018	2.5	8.9
2017	2.5	8.7
2016	2.5	8.5
2015	2.4	8.3
2014	2.4	8.1
2013	2.4	7.9
2012	2.4	7.8
2011	2.4	7.7
2010	2.4	7.6
2009	2.4	7.5
2008	2.4	7.5
2007	2.3	7.4
2006	2.3	7.3
2005	2.3	7.3
2004	2.3	7.2
2003	2.3	7.1
2002	2.3	7
2001	2.3	6.9
2000	2.3	6.8
1999	2.2	6.8
1998	2.2	6.7
1997	2.2	6.6
1996	2.2	6.5
1995	2.2	6.5
1994	2.2	6.4
1993	2.2	6.3
1992	2.2	6.2
1991	2.2	6.1
1990	2.1	6.1
1989	2.1	6
1988	2.1	6
1987	2.1	5.9
1986	2.1	5.9
1985	2	5.8
1984	2	5.8
1983	2	5.8
1982	2	5.8
1981	1.9	5.8
1980	1.9	5.8
1979	1.9	5.8
1978	1.8	5.7
1977	1.8	5.6
1976	1.8	5.6
1975	1.7	5.5
1974	1.7	5.5
1973	1.7	5.4
1972	1.6	5.4
1971	1.6	5.3
1970	1.6	5.3
1969	1.5	5.2
1968	1.5	5.2
1967	1.5	5.2
1966	1.4	5.1
1965	1.4	5.1
1964	1.3	5
1963	1.3	5
1962	1.2	5
1961	1.2	5
1960	1.1	5
1959	1.1	5
1958	1	5
1957	0.9	5
1956	0.9	5
1955	0.8	5
1954	0.8	5
1953	0.8	5
1952	0.9	5
1951	0.9	5
1950	0.9	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Niger	World
2024	2.6	10.2
2025	2.6	10.4
2026	2.6	10.6
2027	2.7	10.8
2028	2.7	11.1
2029	2.7	11.5
2030	2.7	11.8
2031	2.8	12
2032	2.8	12.3
2033	2.8	12.6
2034	2.8	12.8
2035	2.8	13.1
2036	2.9	13.4
2037	2.9	13.7
2038	2.9	13.9
2039	3	14.1
2040	3	14.3
2041	3	14.5
2042	3.1	14.7
2043	3.1	14.9
2044	3.2	15
2045	3.2	15.2
2046	3.3	15.4
2047	3.3	15.7
2048	3.4	15.9
2049	3.4	16.1
2050	3.5	16.3
2051	3.5	16.6
2052	3.6	16.8
2053	3.7	17.1
2054	3.7	17.3
2055	3.8	17.6
2056	3.9	17.8
2057	4	18
2058	4.1	18.2
2059	4.2	18.4
2060	4.3	18.5
2061	4.4	18.7
2062	4.6	18.8
2063	4.7	19
2064	4.9	19.1
2065	5	19.3
2066	5.2	19.4
2067	5.3	19.6
2068	5.5	19.7
2069	5.7	19.9
2070	5.9	20
2071	6.1	20.2
2072	6.3	20.3
2073	6.5	20.5
2074	6.7	20.7
2075	7	20.9
2076	7.2	21.1
2077	7.4	21.3
2078	7.7	21.5
2079	7.9	21.7
2080	8.1	21.9
2081	8.4	22.1
2082	8.6	22.3
2083	8.8	22.4
2084	9.1	22.6
2085	9.3	22.7
2086	9.5	22.8
2087	9.7	22.9
2088	10	22.9
2089	10.2	23
2090	10.4	23.1
2091	10.7	23.2
2092	10.9	23.3
2093	11.2	23.3
2094	11.4	23.4
2095	11.7	23.5
2096	11.9	23.6
2097	12.2	23.7
2098	12.4	23.7
2099	12.6	23.8
2100	12.9	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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