People aged 65 and over in Tajikistan

People aged 65 and over in Tajikistan: 4.3% in 1950 and 3.7% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 3.7%
Since 1950: −0.7 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 181 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 20.2%; 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 20.2% in 2100.
The highest was 4.6% in 1955, the lowest 2.9% in 2014.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Tajikistan	World
2023	3.7	10
2022	3.5	9.8
2021	3.3	9.5
2020	3.3	9.3
2019	3.2	9.1
2018	3.1	8.9
2017	3	8.7
2016	3	8.5
2015	3	8.3
2014	2.9	8.1
2013	3	7.9
2012	3	7.8
2011	3.1	7.7
2010	3.2	7.6
2009	3.3	7.5
2008	3.4	7.5
2007	3.5	7.4
2006	3.6	7.3
2005	3.6	7.3
2004	3.6	7.2
2003	3.6	7.1
2002	3.6	7
2001	3.6	6.9
2000	3.6	6.8
1999	3.6	6.8
1998	3.7	6.7
1997	3.7	6.6
1996	3.7	6.5
1995	3.7	6.5
1994	3.6	6.4
1993	3.6	6.3
1992	3.5	6.2
1991	3.5	6.1
1990	3.5	6.1
1989	3.5	6
1988	3.5	6
1987	3.5	5.9
1986	3.4	5.9
1985	3.4	5.8
1984	3.4	5.8
1983	3.5	5.8
1982	3.6	5.8
1981	3.7	5.8
1980	3.7	5.8
1979	3.8	5.8
1978	3.9	5.7
1977	3.9	5.6
1976	4	5.6
1975	4	5.5
1974	4.1	5.5
1973	4.1	5.4
1972	4.2	5.4
1971	4.3	5.3
1970	4.3	5.3
1969	4.3	5.2
1968	4.3	5.2
1967	4.3	5.2
1966	4.3	5.1
1965	4.3	5.1
1964	4.3	5
1963	4.2	5
1962	4.2	5
1961	4.3	5
1960	4.3	5
1959	4.3	5
1958	4.4	5
1957	4.5	5
1956	4.6	5
1955	4.6	5
1954	4.6	5
1953	4.5	5
1952	4.5	5
1951	4.4	5
1950	4.3	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Tajikistan	World
2024	3.9	10.2
2025	4.1	10.4
2026	4.3	10.6
2027	4.5	10.8
2028	4.7	11.1
2029	4.9	11.5
2030	5.1	11.8
2031	5.3	12
2032	5.5	12.3
2033	5.6	12.6
2034	5.8	12.8
2035	5.9	13.1
2036	6	13.4
2037	6.1	13.7
2038	6.2	13.9
2039	6.3	14.1
2040	6.4	14.3
2041	6.5	14.5
2042	6.6	14.7
2043	6.7	14.9
2044	6.8	15
2045	6.9	15.2
2046	7.1	15.4
2047	7.2	15.7
2048	7.4	15.9
2049	7.6	16.1
2050	7.8	16.3
2051	8.1	16.6
2052	8.4	16.8
2053	8.7	17.1
2054	9	17.3
2055	9.3	17.6
2056	9.6	17.8
2057	9.8	18
2058	10.1	18.2
2059	10.3	18.4
2060	10.5	18.5
2061	10.7	18.7
2062	11	18.8
2063	11.2	19
2064	11.4	19.1
2065	11.6	19.3
2066	11.8	19.4
2067	11.9	19.6
2068	12	19.7
2069	12.1	19.9
2070	12.1	20
2071	12.2	20.2
2072	12.3	20.3
2073	12.4	20.5
2074	12.7	20.7
2075	12.9	20.9
2076	13.2	21.1
2077	13.5	21.3
2078	13.8	21.5
2079	14.2	21.7
2080	14.6	21.9
2081	15	22.1
2082	15.3	22.3
2083	15.7	22.4
2084	16	22.6
2085	16.4	22.7
2086	16.7	22.8
2087	17	22.9
2088	17.3	22.9
2089	17.6	23
2090	17.9	23.1
2091	18.1	23.2
2092	18.4	23.3
2093	18.6	23.3
2094	18.8	23.4
2095	19	23.5
2096	19.2	23.6
2097	19.4	23.7
2098	19.7	23.7
2099	19.9	23.8
2100	20.2	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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