People aged 65 and over in South Sudan

People aged 65 and over in South Sudan: 3.5% in 1950 and 2.9% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 2.9%
Since 1950: −0.5 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 208 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 12.8%; 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 12.8% in 2100.
The highest was 3.5% in 1950, the lowest 2.3% in 1972.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	South Sudan	World
2023	2.9	10
2022	2.8	9.8
2021	2.8	9.5
2020	2.7	9.3
2019	2.6	9.1
2018	2.6	8.9
2017	2.5	8.7
2016	2.5	8.5
2015	2.5	8.3
2014	2.6	8.1
2013	2.6	7.9
2012	2.6	7.8
2011	2.6	7.7
2010	2.5	7.6
2009	2.5	7.5
2008	2.5	7.5
2007	2.5	7.4
2006	2.5	7.3
2005	2.5	7.3
2004	2.5	7.2
2003	2.5	7.1
2002	2.5	7
2001	2.4	6.9
2000	2.4	6.8
1999	2.4	6.8
1998	2.4	6.7
1997	2.4	6.6
1996	2.4	6.5
1995	2.4	6.5
1994	2.4	6.4
1993	2.4	6.3
1992	2.4	6.2
1991	2.4	6.1
1990	2.3	6.1
1989	2.3	6
1988	2.4	6
1987	2.5	5.9
1986	2.5	5.9
1985	2.4	5.8
1984	2.4	5.8
1983	2.4	5.8
1982	2.4	5.8
1981	2.4	5.8
1980	2.4	5.8
1979	2.4	5.8
1978	2.4	5.7
1977	2.3	5.6
1976	2.3	5.6
1975	2.3	5.5
1974	2.3	5.5
1973	2.3	5.4
1972	2.3	5.4
1971	2.3	5.3
1970	2.3	5.3
1969	2.4	5.2
1968	2.4	5.2
1967	2.5	5.2
1966	2.6	5.1
1965	2.6	5.1
1964	2.7	5
1963	2.8	5
1962	2.8	5
1961	2.9	5
1960	2.9	5
1959	3	5
1958	3	5
1957	3.1	5
1956	3.1	5
1955	3.2	5
1954	3.2	5
1953	3.3	5
1952	3.3	5
1951	3.4	5
1950	3.5	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	South Sudan	World
2024	3	10.2
2025	3.1	10.4
2026	3.2	10.6
2027	3.2	10.8
2028	3.3	11.1
2029	3.4	11.5
2030	3.5	11.8
2031	3.6	12
2032	3.7	12.3
2033	3.8	12.6
2034	4	12.8
2035	4.1	13.1
2036	4.2	13.4
2037	4.4	13.7
2038	4.5	13.9
2039	4.7	14.1
2040	4.8	14.3
2041	5	14.5
2042	5.1	14.7
2043	5.3	14.9
2044	5.4	15
2045	5.5	15.2
2046	5.7	15.4
2047	5.7	15.7
2048	5.8	15.9
2049	5.9	16.1
2050	5.9	16.3
2051	5.9	16.6
2052	5.8	16.8
2053	5.7	17.1
2054	5.7	17.3
2055	5.6	17.6
2056	5.6	17.8
2057	5.6	18
2058	5.6	18.2
2059	5.5	18.4
2060	5.5	18.5
2061	5.6	18.7
2062	5.6	18.8
2063	5.7	19
2064	5.8	19.1
2065	6	19.3
2066	6.3	19.4
2067	6.5	19.6
2068	6.9	19.7
2069	7.2	19.9
2070	7.5	20
2071	7.9	20.2
2072	8.3	20.3
2073	8.6	20.5
2074	9	20.7
2075	9.3	20.9
2076	9.7	21.1
2077	10.1	21.3
2078	10.4	21.5
2079	10.6	21.7
2080	10.8	21.9
2081	10.9	22.1
2082	11	22.3
2083	11	22.4
2084	11	22.6
2085	11.1	22.7
2086	11.1	22.8
2087	11.1	22.9
2088	11.2	22.9
2089	11.2	23
2090	11.3	23.1
2091	11.4	23.2
2092	11.5	23.3
2093	11.6	23.3
2094	11.8	23.4
2095	11.9	23.5
2096	12.1	23.6
2097	12.3	23.7
2098	12.4	23.7
2099	12.6	23.8
2100	12.8	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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