People aged 65 and over in Portugal

People aged 65 and over in Portugal: 7% in 1950 and 24.1% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 24.1%
Since 1950: +17.1 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 7 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 31.1%; 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 31.1% in 2100.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Portugal	World
2023	24.1	10
2022	23.7	9.8
2021	23.3	9.5
2020	22.9	9.3
2019	22.4	9.1
2018	21.9	8.9
2017	21.5	8.7
2016	21	8.5
2015	20.6	8.3
2014	20.1	8.1
2013	19.6	7.9
2012	19.2	7.8
2011	18.9	7.7
2010	18.5	7.6
2009	18.2	7.5
2008	17.9	7.5
2007	17.7	7.4
2006	17.5	7.3
2005	17.3	7.3
2004	17	7.2
2003	16.8	7.1
2002	16.6	7
2001	16.4	6.9
2000	16.1	6.8
1999	15.9	6.8
1998	15.7	6.7
1997	15.5	6.6
1996	15.2	6.5
1995	15	6.5
1994	14.7	6.4
1993	14.4	6.3
1992	14.2	6.2
1991	13.8	6.1
1990	13.5	6.1
1989	13.2	6
1988	12.8	6
1987	12.5	5.9
1986	12.3	5.9
1985	12	5.8
1984	11.8	5.8
1983	11.7	5.8
1982	11.6	5.8
1981	11.5	5.8
1980	11.3	5.8
1979	11.1	5.8
1978	10.9	5.7
1977	10.7	5.6
1976	10.5	5.6
1975	10.3	5.5
1974	10.1	5.5
1973	10	5.4
1972	9.9	5.4
1971	9.7	5.3
1970	9.5	5.3
1969	9.3	5.2
1968	9.1	5.2
1967	8.9	5.2
1966	8.7	5.1
1965	8.5	5.1
1964	8.3	5
1963	8.2	5
1962	8.1	5
1961	8	5
1960	7.9	5
1959	7.8	5
1958	7.7	5
1957	7.6	5
1956	7.6	5
1955	7.5	5
1954	7.4	5
1953	7.3	5
1952	7.2	5
1951	7.1	5
1950	7	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Portugal	World
2024	24.5	10.2
2025	24.9	10.4
2026	25.4	10.6
2027	25.8	10.8
2028	26.2	11.1
2029	26.6	11.5
2030	27	11.8
2031	27.4	12
2032	27.8	12.3
2033	28.2	12.6
2034	28.5	12.8
2035	28.9	13.1
2036	29.2	13.4
2037	29.6	13.7
2038	30	13.9
2039	30.4	14.1
2040	30.8	14.3
2041	31.3	14.5
2042	31.7	14.7
2043	32	14.9
2044	32.3	15
2045	32.5	15.2
2046	32.7	15.4
2047	32.9	15.7
2048	33	15.9
2049	33	16.1
2050	33	16.3
2051	33	16.6
2052	32.9	16.8
2053	32.8	17.1
2054	32.7	17.3
2055	32.6	17.6
2056	32.4	17.8
2057	32.3	18
2058	32.2	18.2
2059	32	18.4
2060	31.8	18.5
2061	31.6	18.7
2062	31.4	18.8
2063	31.2	19
2064	31.1	19.1
2065	31	19.3
2066	30.9	19.4
2067	30.8	19.6
2068	30.7	19.7
2069	30.6	19.9
2070	30.6	20
2071	30.6	20.2
2072	30.5	20.3
2073	30.5	20.5
2074	30.5	20.7
2075	30.5	20.9
2076	30.5	21.1
2077	30.5	21.3
2078	30.5	21.5
2079	30.4	21.7
2080	30.3	21.9
2081	30.3	22.1
2082	30.3	22.3
2083	30.3	22.4
2084	30.4	22.6
2085	30.4	22.7
2086	30.4	22.8
2087	30.4	22.9
2088	30.4	22.9
2089	30.5	23
2090	30.6	23.1
2091	30.6	23.2
2092	30.7	23.3
2093	30.7	23.3
2094	30.8	23.4
2095	30.8	23.5
2096	30.9	23.6
2097	30.9	23.7
2098	31	23.7
2099	31.1	23.8
2100	31.1	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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