People aged 65 and over in Philippines

People aged 65 and over in Philippines: 3.9% in 1950 and 5.3% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 5.3%
Since 1950: +1.4 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 154 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 26.2%; 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 26.2% in 2100.
The highest was 5.3% in 2023, the lowest 2.1% in 1965.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Philippines	World
2023	5.3	10
2022	5	9.8
2021	4.9	9.5
2020	4.7	9.3
2019	4.5	9.1
2018	4.3	8.9
2017	4.1	8.7
2016	3.9	8.5
2015	3.8	8.3
2014	3.6	8.1
2013	3.5	7.9
2012	3.4	7.8
2011	3.4	7.7
2010	3.3	7.6
2009	3.3	7.5
2008	3.3	7.5
2007	3.3	7.4
2006	3.2	7.3
2005	3.2	7.3
2004	3.1	7.2
2003	3.1	7.1
2002	3.1	7
2001	3	6.9
2000	3	6.8
1999	3	6.8
1998	2.9	6.7
1997	2.9	6.6
1996	2.9	6.5
1995	2.9	6.5
1994	2.9	6.4
1993	2.8	6.3
1992	2.8	6.2
1991	2.8	6.1
1990	2.8	6.1
1989	2.8	6
1988	2.8	6
1987	2.8	5.9
1986	2.8	5.9
1985	2.7	5.8
1984	2.7	5.8
1983	2.7	5.8
1982	2.7	5.8
1981	2.7	5.8
1980	2.6	5.8
1979	2.6	5.8
1978	2.6	5.7
1977	2.5	5.6
1976	2.5	5.6
1975	2.4	5.5
1974	2.4	5.5
1973	2.3	5.4
1972	2.3	5.4
1971	2.2	5.3
1970	2.2	5.3
1969	2.2	5.2
1968	2.2	5.2
1967	2.2	5.2
1966	2.1	5.1
1965	2.1	5.1
1964	2.1	5
1963	2.1	5
1962	2.2	5
1961	2.2	5
1960	2.2	5
1959	2.3	5
1958	2.4	5
1957	2.5	5
1956	2.6	5
1955	2.8	5
1954	3	5
1953	3.2	5
1952	3.4	5
1951	3.6	5
1950	3.9	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Philippines	World
2024	5.5	10.2
2025	5.7	10.4
2026	6	10.6
2027	6.2	10.8
2028	6.4	11.1
2029	6.6	11.5
2030	6.8	11.8
2031	7	12
2032	7.3	12.3
2033	7.5	12.6
2034	7.7	12.8
2035	7.9	13.1
2036	8.1	13.4
2037	8.3	13.7
2038	8.4	13.9
2039	8.6	14.1
2040	8.8	14.3
2041	9	14.5
2042	9.2	14.7
2043	9.4	14.9
2044	9.6	15
2045	9.9	15.2
2046	10.1	15.4
2047	10.4	15.7
2048	10.6	15.9
2049	10.9	16.1
2050	11.2	16.3
2051	11.4	16.6
2052	11.7	16.8
2053	12.1	17.1
2054	12.4	17.3
2055	12.8	17.6
2056	13.2	17.8
2057	13.6	18
2058	14	18.2
2059	14.4	18.4
2060	14.8	18.5
2061	15.2	18.7
2062	15.6	18.8
2063	16	19
2064	16.5	19.1
2065	16.9	19.3
2066	17.3	19.4
2067	17.8	19.6
2068	18.1	19.7
2069	18.5	19.9
2070	18.9	20
2071	19.3	20.2
2072	19.7	20.3
2073	20.2	20.5
2074	20.6	20.7
2075	21.1	20.9
2076	21.5	21.1
2077	22	21.3
2078	22.4	21.5
2079	22.8	21.7
2080	23.2	21.9
2081	23.6	22.1
2082	24	22.3
2083	24.4	22.4
2084	24.7	22.6
2085	24.9	22.7
2086	24.9	22.8
2087	24.9	22.9
2088	25	22.9
2089	25	23
2090	25.1	23.1
2091	25.1	23.2
2092	25.2	23.3
2093	25.3	23.3
2094	25.4	23.4
2095	25.5	23.5
2096	25.6	23.6
2097	25.7	23.7
2098	25.9	23.7
2099	26	23.8
2100	26.2	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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