United Arab Emirates

People aged 65 and over in United Arab Emirates

People aged 65 and over in United Arab Emirates: 3.3% in 1950 and 1.7% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 1.7%
Since 1950: −1.7 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 228 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 11.4%; 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 11.4% in 2100.
The highest was 3.3% in 1950, the lowest 1% in 1995.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	United Arab Emirates	World
2023	1.7	10
2022	1.6	9.8
2021	1.6	9.5
2020	1.6	9.3
2019	1.5	9.1
2018	1.5	8.9
2017	1.5	8.7
2016	1.5	8.5
2015	1.5	8.3
2014	1.5	8.1
2013	1.5	7.9
2012	1.5	7.8
2011	1.4	7.7
2010	1.4	7.6
2009	1.5	7.5
2008	1.6	7.5
2007	1.7	7.4
2006	1.8	7.3
2005	1.8	7.3
2004	1.7	7.2
2003	1.6	7.1
2002	1.5	7
2001	1.4	6.9
2000	1.3	6.8
1999	1.2	6.8
1998	1.1	6.7
1997	1.1	6.6
1996	1	6.5
1995	1	6.5
1994	1	6.4
1993	1	6.3
1992	1	6.2
1991	1	6.1
1990	1	6.1
1989	1	6
1988	1.1	6
1987	1.1	5.9
1986	1.1	5.9
1985	1.1	5.8
1984	1.1	5.8
1983	1.1	5.8
1982	1.1	5.8
1981	1.1	5.8
1980	1.2	5.8
1979	1.3	5.8
1978	1.5	5.7
1977	1.6	5.6
1976	1.8	5.6
1975	1.8	5.5
1974	1.7	5.5
1973	1.6	5.4
1972	1.5	5.4
1971	1.5	5.3
1970	1.5	5.3
1969	1.5	5.2
1968	1.6	5.2
1967	1.7	5.2
1966	1.8	5.1
1965	1.9	5.1
1964	2	5
1963	2	5
1962	2.1	5
1961	2.2	5
1960	2.4	5
1959	2.5	5
1958	2.5	5
1957	2.6	5
1956	2.7	5
1955	2.8	5
1954	2.9	5
1953	3	5
1952	3.1	5
1951	3.2	5
1950	3.3	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	1.8	10.2
2025	1.8	10.4
2026	1.8	10.6
2027	1.9	10.8
2028	2	11.1
2029	2.1	11.5
2030	2.3	11.8
2031	2.4	12
2032	2.5	12.3
2033	2.6	12.6
2034	2.6	12.8
2035	2.6	13.1
2036	2.7	13.4
2037	2.7	13.7
2038	2.7	13.9
2039	2.7	14.1
2040	2.7	14.3
2041	2.6	14.5
2042	2.6	14.7
2043	2.6	14.9
2044	2.6	15
2045	2.5	15.2
2046	2.5	15.4
2047	2.4	15.7
2048	2.3	15.9
2049	2.2	16.1
2050	2.1	16.3
2051	2	16.6
2052	2.1	16.8
2053	2.2	17.1
2054	2.3	17.3
2055	2.4	17.6
2056	2.5	17.8
2057	2.7	18
2058	2.9	18.2
2059	3.2	18.4
2060	3.5	18.5
2061	3.8	18.7
2062	4.1	18.8
2063	4.5	19
2064	4.8	19.1
2065	5.2	19.3
2066	5.6	19.4
2067	6	19.6
2068	6.4	19.7
2069	6.8	19.9
2070	7.1	20
2071	7.4	20.2
2072	7.7	20.3
2073	8	20.5
2074	8.3	20.7
2075	8.5	20.9
2076	8.8	21.1
2077	9	21.3
2078	9.2	21.5
2079	9.4	21.7
2080	9.6	21.9
2081	9.8	22.1
2082	9.9	22.3
2083	10	22.4
2084	10.1	22.6
2085	10.2	22.7
2086	10.3	22.8
2087	10.3	22.9
2088	10.4	22.9
2089	10.4	23
2090	10.5	23.1
2091	10.6	23.2
2092	10.6	23.3
2093	10.7	23.3
2094	10.8	23.4
2095	10.9	23.5
2096	11	23.6
2097	11.1	23.7
2098	11.2	23.7
2099	11.3	23.8
2100	11.4	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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