People aged 65 and over in Türkiye

People aged 65 and over in Türkiye: 3.8% in 1950 and 10% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 10%
Since 1950: +6.2 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 104 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 37.8%; 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 37.8% in 2100.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Türkiye	World
2023	10	10
2022	9.7	9.8
2021	9.4	9.5
2020	9	9.3
2019	8.5	9.1
2018	8.2	8.9
2017	7.9	8.7
2016	7.8	8.5
2015	7.6	8.3
2014	7.5	8.1
2013	7.4	7.9
2012	7.3	7.8
2011	7.3	7.7
2010	7.2	7.6
2009	7.1	7.5
2008	7.1	7.5
2007	7	7.4
2006	6.8	7.3
2005	6.6	7.3
2004	6.5	7.2
2003	6.3	7.1
2002	6.1	7
2001	6	6.9
2000	5.8	6.8
1999	5.7	6.8
1998	5.5	6.7
1997	5.3	6.6
1996	5.2	6.5
1995	5.1	6.5
1994	5	6.4
1993	4.9	6.3
1992	4.9	6.2
1991	4.8	6.1
1990	4.7	6.1
1989	4.7	6
1988	4.7	6
1987	4.6	5.9
1986	4.6	5.9
1985	4.6	5.8
1984	4.6	5.8
1983	4.6	5.8
1982	4.6	5.8
1981	4.6	5.8
1980	4.7	5.8
1979	4.7	5.8
1978	4.7	5.7
1977	4.7	5.6
1976	4.8	5.6
1975	4.8	5.5
1974	4.8	5.5
1973	4.7	5.4
1972	4.7	5.4
1971	4.7	5.3
1970	4.6	5.3
1969	4.6	5.2
1968	4.6	5.2
1967	4.5	5.2
1966	4.5	5.1
1965	4.5	5.1
1964	4.4	5
1963	4.3	5
1962	4.3	5
1961	4.2	5
1960	4.2	5
1959	4.1	5
1958	4.1	5
1957	4	5
1956	4	5
1955	4	5
1954	3.9	5
1953	3.9	5
1952	3.8	5
1951	3.8	5
1950	3.8	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Türkiye	World
2024	10.3	10.2
2025	10.6	10.4
2026	10.9	10.6
2027	11.3	10.8
2028	11.7	11.1
2029	12.2	11.5
2030	12.6	11.8
2031	13.1	12
2032	13.5	12.3
2033	13.9	12.6
2034	14.2	12.8
2035	14.6	13.1
2036	14.9	13.4
2037	15.3	13.7
2038	15.7	13.9
2039	16.2	14.1
2040	16.7	14.3
2041	17.2	14.5
2042	17.8	14.7
2043	18.3	14.9
2044	18.9	15
2045	19.5	15.2
2046	20.1	15.4
2047	20.6	15.7
2048	21.2	15.9
2049	21.7	16.1
2050	22.1	16.3
2051	22.6	16.6
2052	23.1	16.8
2053	23.6	17.1
2054	24	17.3
2055	24.5	17.6
2056	25	17.8
2057	25.4	18
2058	25.9	18.2
2059	26.4	18.4
2060	26.9	18.5
2061	27.4	18.7
2062	28	18.8
2063	28.5	19
2064	29.1	19.1
2065	29.6	19.3
2066	30.1	19.4
2067	30.5	19.6
2068	30.8	19.7
2069	31.1	19.9
2070	31.4	20
2071	31.6	20.2
2072	31.9	20.3
2073	32.2	20.5
2074	32.5	20.7
2075	32.8	20.9
2076	33.1	21.1
2077	33.5	21.3
2078	33.9	21.5
2079	34.3	21.7
2080	34.7	21.9
2081	35.1	22.1
2082	35.5	22.3
2083	35.8	22.4
2084	36.1	22.6
2085	36.3	22.7
2086	36.5	22.8
2087	36.6	22.9
2088	36.7	22.9
2089	36.8	23
2090	36.9	23.1
2091	37	23.2
2092	37.1	23.3
2093	37.2	23.3
2094	37.3	23.4
2095	37.3	23.5
2096	37.4	23.6
2097	37.5	23.7
2098	37.6	23.7
2099	37.7	23.8
2100	37.8	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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