People aged 65 and over in Puerto Rico

People aged 65 and over in Puerto Rico: 3.6% in 1950 and 24.2% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 24.2%
Since 1950: +20.7 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 5 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 52.4%; 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 52.4% in 2100.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Puerto Rico	World
2023	24.2	10
2022	23.8	9.8
2021	23.2	9.5
2020	22.5	9.3
2019	21.7	9.1
2018	20.9	8.9
2017	19.9	8.7
2016	18.9	8.5
2015	18.2	8.3
2014	17.5	8.1
2013	16.9	7.9
2012	16.5	7.8
2011	16.3	7.7
2010	16.1	7.6
2009	15.7	7.5
2008	15.2	7.5
2007	14.7	7.4
2006	14.2	7.3
2005	13.6	7.3
2004	13.2	7.2
2003	12.7	7.1
2002	12.3	7
2001	11.9	6.9
2000	11.6	6.8
1999	11.3	6.8
1998	11.1	6.7
1997	10.9	6.6
1996	10.7	6.5
1995	10.5	6.5
1994	10.3	6.4
1993	10.1	6.3
1992	9.8	6.2
1991	9.5	6.1
1990	9.3	6.1
1989	9.1	6
1988	8.9	6
1987	8.7	5.9
1986	8.6	5.9
1985	8.4	5.8
1984	8.3	5.8
1983	8.2	5.8
1982	8.2	5.8
1981	8.1	5.8
1980	8.1	5.8
1979	8	5.8
1978	7.9	5.7
1977	7.7	5.6
1976	7.6	5.6
1975	7.4	5.5
1974	7.3	5.5
1973	7.2	5.4
1972	7.1	5.4
1971	7	5.3
1970	6.9	5.3
1969	6.8	5.2
1968	6.5	5.2
1967	6.3	5.2
1966	6.1	5.1
1965	5.9	5.1
1964	5.7	5
1963	5.5	5
1962	5.3	5
1961	5.1	5
1960	5	5
1959	4.8	5
1958	4.5	5
1957	4.4	5
1956	4.2	5
1955	4	5
1954	3.9	5
1953	3.8	5
1952	3.7	5
1951	3.6	5
1950	3.6	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Puerto Rico	World
2024	24.7	10.2
2025	25.3	10.4
2026	25.9	10.6
2027	26.4	10.8
2028	27	11.1
2029	27.6	11.5
2030	28.2	11.8
2031	28.8	12
2032	29.3	12.3
2033	29.8	12.6
2034	30.4	12.8
2035	30.8	13.1
2036	31.3	13.4
2037	31.8	13.7
2038	32.2	13.9
2039	32.6	14.1
2040	33	14.3
2041	33.4	14.5
2042	33.9	14.7
2043	34.3	14.9
2044	34.7	15
2045	35.2	15.2
2046	35.6	15.4
2047	36	15.7
2048	36.3	15.9
2049	36.6	16.1
2050	37	16.3
2051	37.3	16.6
2052	37.6	16.8
2053	38	17.1
2054	38.3	17.3
2055	38.8	17.6
2056	39.2	17.8
2057	39.7	18
2058	40.2	18.2
2059	40.7	18.4
2060	41.3	18.5
2061	42	18.7
2062	42.7	18.8
2063	43.5	19
2064	44.3	19.1
2065	45.2	19.3
2066	46.1	19.4
2067	47	19.6
2068	47.8	19.7
2069	48.6	19.9
2070	49.4	20
2071	50.1	20.2
2072	50.8	20.3
2073	51.5	20.5
2074	52.1	20.7
2075	52.7	20.9
2076	53.3	21.1
2077	53.8	21.3
2078	54.2	21.5
2079	54.6	21.7
2080	54.9	21.9
2081	55.2	22.1
2082	55.3	22.3
2083	55.4	22.4
2084	55.4	22.6
2085	55.3	22.7
2086	55.1	22.8
2087	54.9	22.9
2088	54.8	22.9
2089	54.6	23
2090	54.4	23.1
2091	54.2	23.2
2092	54	23.3
2093	53.8	23.3
2094	53.6	23.4
2095	53.4	23.5
2096	53.2	23.6
2097	53	23.7
2098	52.8	23.7
2099	52.6	23.8
2100	52.4	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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