People aged 65 and over in Sudan

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

Latest, 2023: 3.2%
Since 1950: +0.2 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 196 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 15.4%; 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 15.4% in 2100.
The highest was 3.2% in 2023, the lowest 2.5% in 1982.

Every year

% of people · UN

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

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Sudan	World
2024	3.3	10.2
2025	3.4	10.4
2026	3.5	10.6
2027	3.5	10.8
2028	3.6	11.1
2029	3.7	11.5
2030	3.8	11.8
2031	3.9	12
2032	3.9	12.3
2033	4	12.6
2034	4.1	12.8
2035	4.1	13.1
2036	4.2	13.4
2037	4.3	13.7
2038	4.4	13.9
2039	4.4	14.1
2040	4.5	14.3
2041	4.5	14.5
2042	4.6	14.7
2043	4.6	14.9
2044	4.7	15
2045	4.8	15.2
2046	4.9	15.4
2047	5	15.7
2048	5.1	15.9
2049	5.2	16.1
2050	5.3	16.3
2051	5.4	16.6
2052	5.6	16.8
2053	5.7	17.1
2054	5.8	17.3
2055	6	17.6
2056	6.1	17.8
2057	6.3	18
2058	6.5	18.2
2059	6.7	18.4
2060	7	18.5
2061	7.2	18.7
2062	7.4	18.8
2063	7.6	19
2064	7.9	19.1
2065	8.1	19.3
2066	8.3	19.4
2067	8.5	19.6
2068	8.7	19.7
2069	8.9	19.9
2070	9.1	20
2071	9.3	20.2
2072	9.5	20.3
2073	9.7	20.5
2074	9.8	20.7
2075	10	20.9
2076	10.2	21.1
2077	10.4	21.3
2078	10.5	21.5
2079	10.7	21.7
2080	10.9	21.9
2081	11.1	22.1
2082	11.3	22.3
2083	11.5	22.4
2084	11.7	22.6
2085	11.9	22.7
2086	12.1	22.8
2087	12.4	22.9
2088	12.6	22.9
2089	12.8	23
2090	13.1	23.1
2091	13.3	23.2
2092	13.5	23.3
2093	13.8	23.3
2094	14	23.4
2095	14.3	23.5
2096	14.5	23.6
2097	14.7	23.7
2098	15	23.7
2099	15.2	23.8
2100	15.4	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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