People aged 65 and over in Sint Maarten

People aged 65 and over in Sint Maarten: 12% in 1950 and 13.5% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 13.5%
Since 1950: +1.5 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 78 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 33.5%; 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 33.5% in 2100.
The highest was 13.5% in 2023, the lowest 2.8% in 1992.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Sint Maarten	World
2023	13.5	10
2022	13	9.8
2021	12.3	9.5
2020	11.5	9.3
2019	10.7	9.1
2018	9.8	8.9
2017	9.1	8.7
2016	8.4	8.5
2015	7.6	8.3
2014	7	8.1
2013	6.5	7.9
2012	6	7.8
2011	5.5	7.7
2010	5	7.6
2009	4.7	7.5
2008	4.3	7.5
2007	4	7.4
2006	3.8	7.3
2005	3.5	7.3
2004	3.4	7.2
2003	3.2	7.1
2002	3.1	7
2001	3	6.9
2000	3	6.8
1999	2.9	6.8
1998	2.9	6.7
1997	2.9	6.6
1996	2.9	6.5
1995	2.9	6.5
1994	2.8	6.4
1993	2.8	6.3
1992	2.8	6.2
1991	2.8	6.1
1990	2.8	6.1
1989	2.9	6
1988	2.9	6
1987	3	5.9
1986	3.1	5.9
1985	3.2	5.8
1984	3.3	5.8
1983	3.5	5.8
1982	3.7	5.8
1981	3.8	5.8
1980	3.9	5.8
1979	3.8	5.8
1978	3.8	5.7
1977	3.7	5.6
1976	3.7	5.6
1975	3.7	5.5
1974	3.7	5.5
1973	3.7	5.4
1972	3.7	5.4
1971	3.6	5.3
1970	3.7	5.3
1969	3.8	5.2
1968	4.1	5.2
1967	4.4	5.2
1966	4.8	5.1
1965	5.3	5.1
1964	5.7	5
1963	6.2	5
1962	7	5
1961	7.8	5
1960	8.4	5
1959	8.3	5
1958	8.2	5
1957	8.2	5
1956	8.2	5
1955	8.4	5
1954	8.9	5
1953	9.6	5
1952	10.4	5
1951	11.4	5
1950	12	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Sint Maarten	World
2024	13.9	10.2
2025	14.5	10.4
2026	15.1	10.6
2027	15.7	10.8
2028	16.4	11.1
2029	17.2	11.5
2030	17.9	11.8
2031	18.6	12
2032	19.3	12.3
2033	19.9	12.6
2034	20.5	12.8
2035	20.9	13.1
2036	21.4	13.4
2037	21.7	13.7
2038	22.1	13.9
2039	22.4	14.1
2040	22.7	14.3
2041	22.9	14.5
2042	23.2	14.7
2043	23.3	14.9
2044	23.5	15
2045	23.6	15.2
2046	23.6	15.4
2047	23.7	15.7
2048	23.8	15.9
2049	24	16.1
2050	24.1	16.3
2051	24.2	16.6
2052	24.3	16.8
2053	24.4	17.1
2054	24.5	17.3
2055	24.6	17.6
2056	24.6	17.8
2057	24.7	18
2058	24.7	18.2
2059	24.8	18.4
2060	24.8	18.5
2061	24.8	18.7
2062	24.9	18.8
2063	24.9	19
2064	25	19.1
2065	25	19.3
2066	25.2	19.4
2067	25.4	19.6
2068	25.6	19.7
2069	26	19.9
2070	26.3	20
2071	26.7	20.2
2072	27.2	20.3
2073	27.7	20.5
2074	28.2	20.7
2075	28.6	20.9
2076	29.1	21.1
2077	29.5	21.3
2078	30	21.5
2079	30.3	21.7
2080	30.6	21.9
2081	30.8	22.1
2082	31	22.3
2083	31.1	22.4
2084	31.3	22.6
2085	31.3	22.7
2086	31.3	22.8
2087	31.4	22.9
2088	31.6	22.9
2089	31.8	23
2090	32	23.1
2091	32.2	23.2
2092	32.4	23.3
2093	32.5	23.3
2094	32.7	23.4
2095	32.8	23.5
2096	32.9	23.6
2097	33.1	23.7
2098	33.2	23.7
2099	33.3	23.8
2100	33.5	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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