Trinidad & Tobago

People aged 65 and over in Trinidad & Tobago

People aged 65 and over in Trinidad & Tobago: 3.9% in 1950 and 11.9% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 11.9%
Since 1950: +7.9 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 90 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 11.9% in 2023, the lowest 3% in 1960.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Trinidad & Tobago	World
2023	11.9	10
2022	11.4	9.8
2021	10.9	9.5
2020	10.4	9.3
2019	9.8	9.1
2018	9.3	8.9
2017	8.9	8.7
2016	8.5	8.5
2015	8	8.3
2014	7.6	8.1
2013	7.2	7.9
2012	6.8	7.8
2011	6.5	7.7
2010	6.2	7.6
2009	6	7.5
2008	5.8	7.5
2007	5.6	7.4
2006	5.4	7.3
2005	5.3	7.3
2004	5.2	7.2
2003	5.1	7.1
2002	5	7
2001	5	6.9
2000	4.9	6.8
1999	4.9	6.8
1998	4.8	6.7
1997	4.7	6.6
1996	4.7	6.5
1995	4.7	6.5
1994	4.6	6.4
1993	4.6	6.3
1992	4.6	6.2
1991	4.5	6.1
1990	4.5	6.1
1989	4.5	6
1988	4.5	6
1987	4.4	5.9
1986	4.4	5.9
1985	4.4	5.8
1984	4.4	5.8
1983	4.4	5.8
1982	4.4	5.8
1981	4.4	5.8
1980	4.4	5.8
1979	4.4	5.8
1978	4.3	5.7
1977	4.3	5.6
1976	4.3	5.6
1975	4.3	5.5
1974	4.3	5.5
1973	4.3	5.4
1972	4.3	5.4
1971	4.3	5.3
1970	4.3	5.3
1969	4.2	5.2
1968	4	5.2
1967	3.9	5.2
1966	3.7	5.1
1965	3.5	5.1
1964	3.4	5
1963	3.3	5
1962	3.1	5
1961	3	5
1960	3	5
1959	3	5
1958	3.1	5
1957	3.1	5
1956	3.2	5
1955	3.3	5
1954	3.4	5
1953	3.5	5
1952	3.7	5
1951	3.8	5
1950	3.9	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Trinidad & Tobago	World
2024	12.4	10.2
2025	12.9	10.4
2026	13.5	10.6
2027	14.1	10.8
2028	14.7	11.1
2029	15.2	11.5
2030	15.6	11.8
2031	16	12
2032	16.3	12.3
2033	16.6	12.6
2034	16.9	12.8
2035	17.2	13.1
2036	17.4	13.4
2037	17.7	13.7
2038	18	13.9
2039	18.3	14.1
2040	18.6	14.3
2041	19	14.5
2042	19.3	14.7
2043	19.7	14.9
2044	20.2	15
2045	20.7	15.2
2046	21.3	15.4
2047	21.9	15.7
2048	22.5	15.9
2049	23.2	16.1
2050	23.9	16.3
2051	24.5	16.6
2052	25.1	16.8
2053	25.7	17.1
2054	26.2	17.3
2055	26.7	17.6
2056	27.1	17.8
2057	27.4	18
2058	27.7	18.2
2059	28	18.4
2060	28.3	18.5
2061	28.4	18.7
2062	28.6	18.8
2063	28.7	19
2064	28.8	19.1
2065	29	19.3
2066	29	19.4
2067	29.1	19.6
2068	29.2	19.7
2069	29.2	19.9
2070	29.3	20
2071	29.3	20.2
2072	29.4	20.3
2073	29.5	20.5
2074	29.6	20.7
2075	29.7	20.9
2076	29.8	21.1
2077	30	21.3
2078	30.1	21.5
2079	30.3	21.7
2080	30.5	21.9
2081	30.7	22.1
2082	30.8	22.3
2083	31	22.4
2084	31.2	22.6
2085	31.4	22.7
2086	31.5	22.8
2087	31.7	22.9
2088	31.8	22.9
2089	31.9	23
2090	32.1	23.1
2091	32.2	23.2
2092	32.2	23.3
2093	32.3	23.3
2094	32.4	23.4
2095	32.5	23.5
2096	32.5	23.6
2097	32.6	23.7
2098	32.6	23.7
2099	32.7	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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