People aged 65 and over in Sierra Leone

People aged 65 and over in Sierra Leone: 3% in 1950 and 3.2% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 3.2%
Since 1950: +0.2 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 197 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 15.5%; 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 15.5% in 2100.
The highest was 4.2% in 1975, the lowest 3% in 1950.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Sierra Leone	World
2023	3.2	10
2022	3.2	9.8
2021	3.2	9.5
2020	3.1	9.3
2019	3.1	9.1
2018	3.1	8.9
2017	3.1	8.7
2016	3.1	8.5
2015	3.2	8.3
2014	3.2	8.1
2013	3.2	7.9
2012	3.3	7.8
2011	3.3	7.7
2010	3.3	7.6
2009	3.3	7.5
2008	3.3	7.5
2007	3.3	7.4
2006	3.4	7.3
2005	3.4	7.3
2004	3.4	7.2
2003	3.4	7.1
2002	3.5	7
2001	3.5	6.9
2000	3.5	6.8
1999	3.6	6.8
1998	3.6	6.7
1997	3.7	6.6
1996	3.7	6.5
1995	3.8	6.5
1994	3.8	6.4
1993	3.8	6.3
1992	3.9	6.2
1991	3.9	6.1
1990	3.9	6.1
1989	4	6
1988	4	6
1987	4	5.9
1986	4	5.9
1985	4.1	5.8
1984	4.1	5.8
1983	4.1	5.8
1982	4.1	5.8
1981	4.1	5.8
1980	4.1	5.8
1979	4.1	5.8
1978	4.2	5.7
1977	4.2	5.6
1976	4.2	5.6
1975	4.2	5.5
1974	4.2	5.5
1973	4.2	5.4
1972	4.2	5.4
1971	4.1	5.3
1970	4.1	5.3
1969	4.1	5.2
1968	4.1	5.2
1967	4.1	5.2
1966	4	5.1
1965	4	5.1
1964	4	5
1963	4	5
1962	3.9	5
1961	3.9	5
1960	3.8	5
1959	3.8	5
1958	3.7	5
1957	3.6	5
1956	3.6	5
1955	3.5	5
1954	3.4	5
1953	3.3	5
1952	3.2	5
1951	3.1	5
1950	3	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Sierra Leone	World
2024	3.2	10.2
2025	3.3	10.4
2026	3.3	10.6
2027	3.4	10.8
2028	3.4	11.1
2029	3.5	11.5
2030	3.6	11.8
2031	3.6	12
2032	3.7	12.3
2033	3.8	12.6
2034	3.8	12.8
2035	3.9	13.1
2036	4	13.4
2037	4.1	13.7
2038	4.2	13.9
2039	4.2	14.1
2040	4.3	14.3
2041	4.4	14.5
2042	4.5	14.7
2043	4.6	14.9
2044	4.7	15
2045	4.9	15.2
2046	5	15.4
2047	5.1	15.7
2048	5.2	15.9
2049	5.4	16.1
2050	5.5	16.3
2051	5.6	16.6
2052	5.8	16.8
2053	5.9	17.1
2054	6.1	17.3
2055	6.2	17.6
2056	6.4	17.8
2057	6.6	18
2058	6.8	18.2
2059	6.9	18.4
2060	7.1	18.5
2061	7.3	18.7
2062	7.5	18.8
2063	7.7	19
2064	8	19.1
2065	8.2	19.3
2066	8.4	19.4
2067	8.6	19.6
2068	8.9	19.7
2069	9.1	19.9
2070	9.3	20
2071	9.5	20.2
2072	9.8	20.3
2073	10	20.5
2074	10.2	20.7
2075	10.5	20.9
2076	10.7	21.1
2077	11	21.3
2078	11.2	21.5
2079	11.4	21.7
2080	11.6	21.9
2081	11.8	22.1
2082	12	22.3
2083	12.2	22.4
2084	12.4	22.6
2085	12.6	22.7
2086	12.9	22.8
2087	13.1	22.9
2088	13.3	22.9
2089	13.5	23
2090	13.7	23.1
2091	13.9	23.2
2092	14	23.3
2093	14.2	23.3
2094	14.4	23.4
2095	14.6	23.5
2096	14.8	23.6
2097	15	23.7
2098	15.1	23.7
2099	15.3	23.8
2100	15.5	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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