People aged 65 and over in Uganda

People aged 65 and over in Uganda: 2.9% in 1950 and 2.2% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 2.2%
Since 1950: −0.7 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 224 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 3.1% in 1986, the lowest 1.9% in 2013.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Uganda	World
2023	2.2	10
2022	2.1	9.8
2021	2.1	9.5
2020	2.1	9.3
2019	2	9.1
2018	2	8.9
2017	2	8.7
2016	2	8.5
2015	1.9	8.3
2014	1.9	8.1
2013	1.9	7.9
2012	1.9	7.8
2011	1.9	7.7
2010	2	7.6
2009	2	7.5
2008	2.1	7.5
2007	2.1	7.4
2006	2.2	7.3
2005	2.3	7.3
2004	2.3	7.2
2003	2.4	7.1
2002	2.5	7
2001	2.5	6.9
2000	2.6	6.8
1999	2.7	6.8
1998	2.7	6.7
1997	2.8	6.6
1996	2.8	6.5
1995	2.9	6.5
1994	2.9	6.4
1993	3	6.3
1992	3	6.2
1991	3	6.1
1990	3.1	6.1
1989	3.1	6
1988	3.1	6
1987	3.1	5.9
1986	3.1	5.9
1985	3.1	5.8
1984	3.1	5.8
1983	3.1	5.8
1982	3.1	5.8
1981	3.1	5.8
1980	3	5.8
1979	3	5.8
1978	2.9	5.7
1977	2.9	5.6
1976	2.8	5.6
1975	2.8	5.5
1974	2.7	5.5
1973	2.7	5.4
1972	2.6	5.4
1971	2.6	5.3
1970	2.5	5.3
1969	2.5	5.2
1968	2.4	5.2
1967	2.4	5.2
1966	2.3	5.1
1965	2.3	5.1
1964	2.2	5
1963	2.2	5
1962	2.1	5
1961	2.1	5
1960	2.1	5
1959	2.1	5
1958	2.1	5
1957	2.1	5
1956	2.2	5
1955	2.3	5
1954	2.4	5
1953	2.5	5
1952	2.6	5
1951	2.7	5
1950	2.9	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Uganda	World
2024	2.2	10.2
2025	2.2	10.4
2026	2.3	10.6
2027	2.3	10.8
2028	2.4	11.1
2029	2.4	11.5
2030	2.5	11.8
2031	2.5	12
2032	2.6	12.3
2033	2.7	12.6
2034	2.8	12.8
2035	2.8	13.1
2036	2.9	13.4
2037	3	13.7
2038	3.1	13.9
2039	3.2	14.1
2040	3.2	14.3
2041	3.3	14.5
2042	3.4	14.7
2043	3.5	14.9
2044	3.6	15
2045	3.7	15.2
2046	3.8	15.4
2047	3.9	15.7
2048	4	15.9
2049	4.1	16.1
2050	4.3	16.3
2051	4.4	16.6
2052	4.6	16.8
2053	4.8	17.1
2054	5	17.3
2055	5.2	17.6
2056	5.5	17.8
2057	5.7	18
2058	6	18.2
2059	6.3	18.4
2060	6.6	18.5
2061	6.9	18.7
2062	7.2	18.8
2063	7.5	19
2064	7.8	19.1
2065	8.1	19.3
2066	8.5	19.4
2067	8.8	19.6
2068	9.1	19.7
2069	9.4	19.9
2070	9.8	20
2071	10.1	20.2
2072	10.4	20.3
2073	10.7	20.5
2074	11	20.7
2075	11.3	20.9
2076	11.7	21.1
2077	12	21.3
2078	12.3	21.5
2079	12.7	21.7
2080	13	21.9
2081	13.3	22.1
2082	13.7	22.3
2083	14	22.4
2084	14.4	22.6
2085	14.7	22.7
2086	15.1	22.8
2087	15.5	22.9
2088	15.9	22.9
2089	16.3	23
2090	16.6	23.1
2091	17	23.2
2092	17.4	23.3
2093	17.7	23.3
2094	18.1	23.4
2095	18.5	23.5
2096	18.8	23.6
2097	19.2	23.7
2098	19.5	23.7
2099	19.8	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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