People aged 65 and over in Netherlands

People aged 65 and over in Netherlands: 7.7% in 1950 and 20.2% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 20.2%
Since 1950: +12.4 percentage points
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 32.3%; 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 32.3% in 2100.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Netherlands	World
2023	20.2	10
2022	19.9	9.8
2021	19.7	9.5
2020	19.4	9.3
2019	19.1	9.1
2018	18.8	8.9
2017	18.4	8.7
2016	18.1	8.5
2015	17.8	8.3
2014	17.4	8.1
2013	16.9	7.9
2012	16.3	7.8
2011	15.7	7.7
2010	15.3	7.6
2009	15	7.5
2008	14.7	7.5
2007	14.5	7.4
2006	14.2	7.3
2005	14	7.3
2004	13.8	7.2
2003	13.7	7.1
2002	13.6	7
2001	13.5	6.9
2000	13.5	6.8
1999	13.4	6.8
1998	13.4	6.7
1997	13.3	6.6
1996	13.3	6.5
1995	13.2	6.5
1994	13	6.4
1993	13	6.3
1992	12.9	6.2
1991	12.8	6.1
1990	12.8	6.1
1989	12.7	6
1988	12.5	6
1987	12.4	5.9
1986	12.2	5.9
1985	12	5.8
1984	11.9	5.8
1983	11.8	5.8
1982	11.7	5.8
1981	11.6	5.8
1980	11.5	5.8
1979	11.4	5.8
1978	11.2	5.7
1977	11.1	5.6
1976	10.9	5.6
1975	10.8	5.5
1974	10.7	5.5
1973	10.5	5.4
1972	10.4	5.4
1971	10.3	5.3
1970	10.2	5.3
1969	10.1	5.2
1968	10	5.2
1967	9.8	5.2
1966	9.7	5.1
1965	9.6	5.1
1964	9.5	5
1963	9.4	5
1962	9.3	5
1961	9.1	5
1960	9	5
1959	8.9	5
1958	8.7	5
1957	8.6	5
1956	8.5	5
1955	8.4	5
1954	8.3	5
1953	8.2	5
1952	8	5
1951	7.9	5
1950	7.7	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Netherlands	World
2024	20.5	10.2
2025	20.9	10.4
2026	21.3	10.6
2027	21.7	10.8
2028	22.1	11.1
2029	22.6	11.5
2030	23	11.8
2031	23.4	12
2032	23.7	12.3
2033	24.1	12.6
2034	24.5	12.8
2035	24.8	13.1
2036	25.2	13.4
2037	25.4	13.7
2038	25.6	13.9
2039	25.7	14.1
2040	25.8	14.3
2041	25.8	14.5
2042	25.8	14.7
2043	25.9	14.9
2044	25.9	15
2045	26	15.2
2046	26	15.4
2047	26.1	15.7
2048	26.1	15.9
2049	26.2	16.1
2050	26.3	16.3
2051	26.4	16.6
2052	26.5	16.8
2053	26.6	17.1
2054	26.7	17.3
2055	26.9	17.6
2056	27.1	17.8
2057	27.3	18
2058	27.5	18.2
2059	27.7	18.4
2060	27.8	18.5
2061	28	18.7
2062	28.2	18.8
2063	28.4	19
2064	28.6	19.1
2065	28.9	19.3
2066	29.2	19.4
2067	29.4	19.6
2068	29.6	19.7
2069	29.9	19.9
2070	30.1	20
2071	30.3	20.2
2072	30.4	20.3
2073	30.6	20.5
2074	30.7	20.7
2075	30.9	20.9
2076	31	21.1
2077	31.1	21.3
2078	31.2	21.5
2079	31.3	21.7
2080	31.3	21.9
2081	31.4	22.1
2082	31.4	22.3
2083	31.5	22.4
2084	31.5	22.6
2085	31.5	22.7
2086	31.6	22.8
2087	31.7	22.9
2088	31.7	22.9
2089	31.7	23
2090	31.7	23.1
2091	31.8	23.2
2092	31.8	23.3
2093	31.8	23.3
2094	31.9	23.4
2095	32	23.5
2096	32	23.6
2097	32.1	23.7
2098	32.2	23.7
2099	32.2	23.8
2100	32.3	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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