People aged 65 and over in United Kingdom

People aged 65 and over in United Kingdom: 10.8% in 1950 and 19.2% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 19.2%
Since 1950: +8.4 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 41 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 31.3%; 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 31.3% in 2100.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	United Kingdom	World
2023	19.2	10
2022	18.9	9.8
2021	18.7	9.5
2020	18.6	9.3
2019	18.5	9.1
2018	18.3	8.9
2017	18.1	8.7
2016	17.9	8.5
2015	17.8	8.3
2014	17.6	8.1
2013	17.3	7.9
2012	17	7.8
2011	16.6	7.7
2010	16.3	7.6
2009	16.2	7.5
2008	16	7.5
2007	16	7.4
2006	15.9	7.3
2005	16	7.3
2004	16	7.2
2003	15.9	7.1
2002	15.9	7
2001	15.9	6.9
2000	15.9	6.8
1999	15.9	6.8
1998	16	6.7
1997	16	6.6
1996	16	6.5
1995	16	6.5
1994	16	6.4
1993	16	6.3
1992	16	6.2
1991	15.9	6.1
1990	15.9	6.1
1989	15.8	6
1988	15.7	6
1987	15.5	5.9
1986	15.3	5.9
1985	15.1	5.8
1984	15	5.8
1983	15	5.8
1982	15.1	5.8
1981	15.1	5.8
1980	15	5.8
1979	14.9	5.8
1978	14.7	5.7
1977	14.5	5.6
1976	14.3	5.6
1975	14.1	5.5
1974	13.9	5.5
1973	13.7	5.4
1972	13.5	5.4
1971	13.3	5.3
1970	13.1	5.3
1969	12.9	5.2
1968	12.7	5.2
1967	12.5	5.2
1966	12.4	5.1
1965	12.2	5.1
1964	12.1	5
1963	11.9	5
1962	11.8	5
1961	11.8	5
1960	11.7	5
1959	11.6	5
1958	11.6	5
1957	11.5	5
1956	11.4	5
1955	11.3	5
1954	11.2	5
1953	11.1	5
1952	11	5
1951	10.9	5
1950	10.8	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	United Kingdom	World
2024	19.5	10.2
2025	19.7	10.4
2026	19.9	10.6
2027	20.2	10.8
2028	20.5	11.1
2029	20.7	11.5
2030	21	11.8
2031	21.3	12
2032	21.6	12.3
2033	21.9	12.6
2034	22.2	12.8
2035	22.4	13.1
2036	22.7	13.4
2037	23	13.7
2038	23.2	13.9
2039	23.3	14.1
2040	23.4	14.3
2041	23.5	14.5
2042	23.6	14.7
2043	23.6	14.9
2044	23.7	15
2045	23.9	15.2
2046	24.1	15.4
2047	24.2	15.7
2048	24.4	15.9
2049	24.5	16.1
2050	24.7	16.3
2051	24.9	16.6
2052	25	16.8
2053	25.1	17.1
2054	25.2	17.3
2055	25.4	17.6
2056	25.6	17.8
2057	25.8	18
2058	26	18.2
2059	26.1	18.4
2060	26.3	18.5
2061	26.4	18.7
2062	26.5	18.8
2063	26.7	19
2064	26.8	19.1
2065	26.9	19.3
2066	26.9	19.4
2067	27	19.6
2068	27.1	19.7
2069	27.2	19.9
2070	27.3	20
2071	27.5	20.2
2072	27.7	20.3
2073	27.9	20.5
2074	28.2	20.7
2075	28.4	20.9
2076	28.7	21.1
2077	28.9	21.3
2078	29.2	21.5
2079	29.4	21.7
2080	29.6	21.9
2081	29.8	22.1
2082	30	22.3
2083	30.2	22.4
2084	30.3	22.6
2085	30.4	22.7
2086	30.5	22.8
2087	30.6	22.9
2088	30.7	22.9
2089	30.7	23
2090	30.8	23.1
2091	30.9	23.2
2092	30.9	23.3
2093	31	23.3
2094	31	23.4
2095	31.1	23.5
2096	31.1	23.6
2097	31.2	23.7
2098	31.2	23.7
2099	31.3	23.8
2100	31.3	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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