People aged 65 and over in Spain

People aged 65 and over in Spain: 7.3% in 1950 and 20.7% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 20.7%
Since 1950: +13.4 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 26 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 36.3%; 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 36.3% in 2100.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Spain	World
2023	20.7	10
2022	20.2	9.8
2021	19.8	9.5
2020	19.6	9.3
2019	19.4	9.1
2018	19.2	8.9
2017	19	8.7
2016	18.8	8.5
2015	18.5	8.3
2014	18.3	8.1
2013	17.9	7.9
2012	17.5	7.8
2011	17.2	7.7
2010	16.9	7.6
2009	16.6	7.5
2008	16.4	7.5
2007	16.4	7.4
2006	16.5	7.3
2005	16.6	7.3
2004	16.6	7.2
2003	16.8	7.1
2002	16.9	7
2001	16.8	6.9
2000	16.6	6.8
1999	16.3	6.8
1998	16	6.7
1997	15.7	6.6
1996	15.4	6.5
1995	15.1	6.5
1994	14.7	6.4
1993	14.4	6.3
1992	14.1	6.2
1991	13.9	6.1
1990	13.5	6.1
1989	13.2	6
1988	12.9	6
1987	12.5	5.9
1986	12.2	5.9
1985	12	5.8
1984	11.8	5.8
1983	11.6	5.8
1982	11.4	5.8
1981	11.3	5.8
1980	11.1	5.8
1979	10.9	5.8
1978	10.8	5.7
1977	10.6	5.6
1976	10.5	5.6
1975	10.3	5.5
1974	10.2	5.5
1973	10.1	5.4
1972	9.9	5.4
1971	9.8	5.3
1970	9.6	5.3
1969	9.4	5.2
1968	9.3	5.2
1967	9.1	5.2
1966	8.9	5.1
1965	8.7	5.1
1964	8.6	5
1963	8.5	5
1962	8.5	5
1961	8.3	5
1960	8.2	5
1959	8	5
1958	7.9	5
1957	7.8	5
1956	7.8	5
1955	7.8	5
1954	7.6	5
1953	7.6	5
1952	7.4	5
1951	7.4	5
1950	7.3	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Spain	World
2024	21.2	10.2
2025	21.6	10.4
2026	22.2	10.6
2027	22.7	10.8
2028	23.3	11.1
2029	23.9	11.5
2030	24.6	11.8
2031	25.3	12
2032	25.9	12.3
2033	26.6	12.6
2034	27.2	12.8
2035	27.9	13.1
2036	28.5	13.4
2037	29.2	13.7
2038	29.9	13.9
2039	30.5	14.1
2040	31.2	14.3
2041	31.9	14.5
2042	32.6	14.7
2043	33.3	14.9
2044	33.9	15
2045	34.4	15.2
2046	34.9	15.4
2047	35.3	15.7
2048	35.6	15.9
2049	35.9	16.1
2050	36.1	16.3
2051	36.2	16.6
2052	36.4	16.8
2053	36.5	17.1
2054	36.5	17.3
2055	36.6	17.6
2056	36.6	17.8
2057	36.6	18
2058	36.5	18.2
2059	36.4	18.4
2060	36.3	18.5
2061	36.2	18.7
2062	36	18.8
2063	35.8	19
2064	35.7	19.1
2065	35.5	19.3
2066	35.4	19.4
2067	35.2	19.6
2068	35.1	19.7
2069	35.1	19.9
2070	35.1	20
2071	35.1	20.2
2072	35.2	20.3
2073	35.4	20.5
2074	35.5	20.7
2075	35.6	20.9
2076	35.7	21.1
2077	35.9	21.3
2078	35.9	21.5
2079	36	21.7
2080	36.1	21.9
2081	36.2	22.1
2082	36.3	22.3
2083	36.4	22.4
2084	36.4	22.6
2085	36.4	22.7
2086	36.4	22.8
2087	36.4	22.9
2088	36.4	22.9
2089	36.4	23
2090	36.4	23.1
2091	36.4	23.2
2092	36.4	23.3
2093	36.4	23.3
2094	36.4	23.4
2095	36.4	23.5
2096	36.3	23.6
2097	36.3	23.7
2098	36.3	23.7
2099	36.3	23.8
2100	36.3	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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