People aged 65 and over in Sri Lanka

People aged 65 and over in Sri Lanka: 7.6% in 1950 and 11.7% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 11.7%
Since 1950: +4.2 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 92 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 32.8%; 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 32.8% in 2100.
The highest was 11.7% in 2023, the lowest 3.8% in 1967.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Sri Lanka	World
2023	11.7	10
2022	11.4	9.8
2021	11.1	9.5
2020	10.7	9.3
2019	10.4	9.1
2018	10	8.9
2017	9.7	8.7
2016	9.3	8.5
2015	9	8.3
2014	8.6	8.1
2013	8.3	7.9
2012	8	7.8
2011	7.7	7.7
2010	7.4	7.6
2009	7.2	7.5
2008	7	7.5
2007	6.9	7.4
2006	6.7	7.3
2005	6.6	7.3
2004	6.5	7.2
2003	6.4	7.1
2002	6.4	7
2001	6.3	6.9
2000	6.2	6.8
1999	6.2	6.8
1998	6.1	6.7
1997	6.1	6.6
1996	6.1	6.5
1995	6.1	6.5
1994	6	6.4
1993	5.9	6.3
1992	5.8	6.2
1991	5.8	6.1
1990	5.6	6.1
1989	5.5	6
1988	5.4	6
1987	5.3	5.9
1986	5.1	5.9
1985	5	5.8
1984	4.9	5.8
1983	4.8	5.8
1982	4.6	5.8
1981	4.5	5.8
1980	4.4	5.8
1979	4.3	5.8
1978	4.3	5.7
1977	4.2	5.6
1976	4.1	5.6
1975	4	5.5
1974	4	5.5
1973	3.9	5.4
1972	3.9	5.4
1971	3.9	5.3
1970	3.8	5.3
1969	3.8	5.2
1968	3.8	5.2
1967	3.8	5.2
1966	3.8	5.1
1965	3.8	5.1
1964	3.9	5
1963	3.9	5
1962	4	5
1961	4.1	5
1960	4.2	5
1959	4.4	5
1958	4.5	5
1957	4.7	5
1956	4.9	5
1955	5.2	5
1954	5.5	5
1953	6	5
1952	6.4	5
1951	7	5
1950	7.6	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Sri Lanka	World
2024	12.1	10.2
2025	12.5	10.4
2026	12.8	10.6
2027	13.2	10.8
2028	13.5	11.1
2029	13.9	11.5
2030	14.2	11.8
2031	14.5	12
2032	14.8	12.3
2033	15.1	12.6
2034	15.4	12.8
2035	15.7	13.1
2036	16	13.4
2037	16.2	13.7
2038	16.4	13.9
2039	16.7	14.1
2040	16.9	14.3
2041	17.2	14.5
2042	17.5	14.7
2043	17.9	14.9
2044	18.2	15
2045	18.6	15.2
2046	19	15.4
2047	19.4	15.7
2048	19.7	15.9
2049	20	16.1
2050	20.3	16.3
2051	20.6	16.6
2052	20.8	16.8
2053	21	17.1
2054	21.3	17.3
2055	21.5	17.6
2056	21.8	17.8
2057	22	18
2058	22.3	18.2
2059	22.6	18.4
2060	22.9	18.5
2061	23.2	18.7
2062	23.5	18.8
2063	23.7	19
2064	24	19.1
2065	24.2	19.3
2066	24.5	19.4
2067	24.8	19.6
2068	25.1	19.7
2069	25.4	19.9
2070	25.7	20
2071	26.1	20.2
2072	26.4	20.3
2073	26.7	20.5
2074	27.1	20.7
2075	27.4	20.9
2076	27.7	21.1
2077	28	21.3
2078	28.3	21.5
2079	28.6	21.7
2080	28.9	21.9
2081	29.2	22.1
2082	29.5	22.3
2083	29.7	22.4
2084	29.9	22.6
2085	30.2	22.7
2086	30.4	22.8
2087	30.6	22.9
2088	30.8	22.9
2089	31	23
2090	31.2	23.1
2091	31.3	23.2
2092	31.5	23.3
2093	31.7	23.3
2094	31.8	23.4
2095	32	23.5
2096	32.1	23.6
2097	32.3	23.7
2098	32.5	23.7
2099	32.6	23.8
2100	32.8	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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