People aged 65 and over in Saudi Arabia

People aged 65 and over in Saudi Arabia: 3.3% in 1950 and 2.8% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 2.8%
Since 1950: −0.5 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 209 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 16.8%; 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 16.8% in 2100.
The highest was 3.4% in 1954, the lowest 2% in 1988.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Saudi Arabia	World
2023	2.8	10
2022	2.7	9.8
2021	2.6	9.5
2020	2.5	9.3
2019	2.5	9.1
2018	2.4	8.9
2017	2.3	8.7
2016	2.2	8.5
2015	2.2	8.3
2014	2.3	8.1
2013	2.3	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	2.2	7
2001	2.2	6.9
2000	2.2	6.8
1999	2.2	6.8
1998	2.2	6.7
1997	2.1	6.6
1996	2.1	6.5
1995	2.1	6.5
1994	2	6.4
1993	2	6.3
1992	2	6.2
1991	2	6.1
1990	2	6.1
1989	2	6
1988	2	6
1987	2	5.9
1986	2	5.9
1985	2	5.8
1984	2	5.8
1983	2.1	5.8
1982	2.1	5.8
1981	2.1	5.8
1980	2.2	5.8
1979	2.3	5.8
1978	2.3	5.7
1977	2.4	5.6
1976	2.4	5.6
1975	2.5	5.5
1974	2.6	5.5
1973	2.6	5.4
1972	2.7	5.4
1971	2.8	5.3
1970	2.8	5.3
1969	2.9	5.2
1968	3	5.2
1967	3	5.2
1966	3	5.1
1965	3.1	5.1
1964	3.1	5
1963	3.2	5
1962	3.2	5
1961	3.2	5
1960	3.3	5
1959	3.3	5
1958	3.3	5
1957	3.3	5
1956	3.4	5
1955	3.4	5
1954	3.4	5
1953	3.4	5
1952	3.4	5
1951	3.3	5
1950	3.3	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Saudi Arabia	World
2024	3	10.2
2025	3.1	10.4
2026	3.2	10.6
2027	3.3	10.8
2028	3.4	11.1
2029	3.6	11.5
2030	3.7	11.8
2031	3.8	12
2032	4	12.3
2033	4.2	12.6
2034	4.3	12.8
2035	4.5	13.1
2036	4.6	13.4
2037	4.8	13.7
2038	5	13.9
2039	5.1	14.1
2040	5.3	14.3
2041	5.6	14.5
2042	5.8	14.7
2043	6.1	14.9
2044	6.3	15
2045	6.6	15.2
2046	6.9	15.4
2047	7.2	15.7
2048	7.5	15.9
2049	7.9	16.1
2050	8.2	16.3
2051	8.5	16.6
2052	8.8	16.8
2053	9.1	17.1
2054	9.4	17.3
2055	9.7	17.6
2056	10	17.8
2057	10.2	18
2058	10.4	18.2
2059	10.6	18.4
2060	10.7	18.5
2061	10.8	18.7
2062	10.9	18.8
2063	10.9	19
2064	11	19.1
2065	11.1	19.3
2066	11.2	19.4
2067	11.3	19.6
2068	11.5	19.7
2069	11.6	19.9
2070	11.8	20
2071	12	20.2
2072	12.2	20.3
2073	12.5	20.5
2074	12.7	20.7
2075	12.9	20.9
2076	13.1	21.1
2077	13.3	21.3
2078	13.4	21.5
2079	13.6	21.7
2080	13.8	21.9
2081	14	22.1
2082	14.2	22.3
2083	14.3	22.4
2084	14.4	22.6
2085	14.6	22.7
2086	14.7	22.8
2087	14.8	22.9
2088	14.9	22.9
2089	15.1	23
2090	15.3	23.1
2091	15.5	23.2
2092	15.6	23.3
2093	15.8	23.3
2094	16	23.4
2095	16.1	23.5
2096	16.3	23.6
2097	16.4	23.7
2098	16.5	23.7
2099	16.6	23.8
2100	16.8	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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