People aged 65 and over in St. Helena

People aged 65 and over in St. Helena: 8.5% in 1950 and 26.4% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 26.4%
Since 1950: +17.8 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 4 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 33.2%; 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 33.2% in 2100.
The highest was 26.4% in 2023, the lowest 7.5% in 1955.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	St. Helena	World
2023	26.4	10
2022	26	9.8
2021	25.4	9.5
2020	24.6	9.3
2019	23.9	9.1
2018	23.3	8.9
2017	22.4	8.7
2016	21.4	8.5
2015	20.7	8.3
2014	20	8.1
2013	19.6	7.9
2012	19.2	7.8
2011	18.7	7.7
2010	18.2	7.6
2009	17.7	7.5
2008	17.1	7.5
2007	16	7.4
2006	14.9	7.3
2005	14.1	7.3
2004	13.5	7.2
2003	13	7.1
2002	12.4	7
2001	11.8	6.9
2000	11.3	6.8
1999	10.8	6.8
1998	10.6	6.7
1997	10.4	6.6
1996	9.9	6.5
1995	9.7	6.5
1994	9.6	6.4
1993	9.4	6.3
1992	9.2	6.2
1991	9.1	6.1
1990	9	6.1
1989	9	6
1988	9.1	6
1987	9	5.9
1986	9	5.9
1985	9	5.8
1984	9	5.8
1983	9	5.8
1982	9.1	5.8
1981	9.1	5.8
1980	9.1	5.8
1979	9	5.8
1978	8.9	5.7
1977	8.9	5.6
1976	8.9	5.6
1975	8.9	5.5
1974	8.8	5.5
1973	8.8	5.4
1972	8.9	5.4
1971	8.9	5.3
1970	8.9	5.3
1969	8.8	5.2
1968	8.8	5.2
1967	8.7	5.2
1966	8.5	5.1
1965	8.2	5.1
1964	7.9	5
1963	7.8	5
1962	7.8	5
1961	7.7	5
1960	7.6	5
1959	7.6	5
1958	7.7	5
1957	7.7	5
1956	7.7	5
1955	7.5	5
1954	7.6	5
1953	7.6	5
1952	7.8	5
1951	8.1	5
1950	8.5	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	St. Helena	World
2024	27	10.2
2025	27.9	10.4
2026	28.3	10.6
2027	28.7	10.8
2028	29.2	11.1
2029	29.9	11.5
2030	30.2	11.8
2031	30.3	12
2032	30.9	12.3
2033	31.4	12.6
2034	32	12.8
2035	32.5	13.1
2036	32.9	13.4
2037	33.1	13.7
2038	33.3	13.9
2039	33.3	14.1
2040	33.3	14.3
2041	33.5	14.5
2042	33.3	14.7
2043	33	14.9
2044	32.6	15
2045	32.2	15.2
2046	32	15.4
2047	32.1	15.7
2048	32.3	15.9
2049	32.5	16.1
2050	32.2	16.3
2051	32	16.6
2052	31.5	16.8
2053	31.2	17.1
2054	31.3	17.3
2055	31.3	17.6
2056	31.3	17.8
2057	31.7	18
2058	31.9	18.2
2059	31.6	18.4
2060	31.4	18.5
2061	31.3	18.7
2062	31.3	18.8
2063	31	19
2064	30.5	19.1
2065	30.4	19.3
2066	30.5	19.4
2067	30.4	19.6
2068	30.3	19.7
2069	30.2	19.9
2070	30.3	20
2071	30.4	20.2
2072	30.5	20.3
2073	30.7	20.5
2074	30.8	20.7
2075	31.2	20.9
2076	31.5	21.1
2077	31.8	21.3
2078	32	21.5
2079	32.4	21.7
2080	32.9	21.9
2081	33.2	22.1
2082	33.5	22.3
2083	33.7	22.4
2084	33.6	22.6
2085	33.7	22.7
2086	33.8	22.8
2087	33.8	22.9
2088	33.9	22.9
2089	33.9	23
2090	33.8	23.1
2091	33.7	23.2
2092	33.7	23.3
2093	33.7	23.3
2094	33.6	23.4
2095	33.5	23.5
2096	33.3	23.6
2097	33.2	23.7
2098	33.1	23.7
2099	33.1	23.8
2100	33.2	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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