People aged 65 and over in Uruguay

People aged 65 and over in Uruguay: 8.2% in 1950 and 15.8% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 15.8%
Since 1950: +7.6 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 65 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 37.5%; 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 37.5% in 2100.
The highest was 15.8% in 2023, the lowest 8.2% in 1957.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Uruguay	World
2023	15.8	10
2022	15.6	9.8
2021	15.5	9.5
2020	15.3	9.3
2019	15.1	9.1
2018	15	8.9
2017	14.8	8.7
2016	14.7	8.5
2015	14.6	8.3
2014	14.5	8.1
2013	14.5	7.9
2012	14.4	7.8
2011	14.3	7.7
2010	14.2	7.6
2009	14.1	7.5
2008	14	7.5
2007	13.9	7.4
2006	13.8	7.3
2005	13.7	7.3
2004	13.6	7.2
2003	13.5	7.1
2002	13.3	7
2001	13.2	6.9
2000	13.1	6.8
1999	13	6.8
1998	12.8	6.7
1997	12.7	6.6
1996	12.6	6.5
1995	12.4	6.5
1994	12.3	6.4
1993	12.1	6.3
1992	12	6.2
1991	11.8	6.1
1990	11.6	6.1
1989	11.5	6
1988	11.3	6
1987	11.2	5.9
1986	11.1	5.9
1985	11	5.8
1984	10.9	5.8
1983	10.8	5.8
1982	10.8	5.8
1981	10.7	5.8
1980	10.5	5.8
1979	10.4	5.8
1978	10.2	5.7
1977	10	5.6
1976	9.8	5.6
1975	9.7	5.5
1974	9.5	5.5
1973	9.4	5.4
1972	9.2	5.4
1971	9.1	5.3
1970	9	5.3
1969	8.9	5.2
1968	8.7	5.2
1967	8.6	5.2
1966	8.5	5.1
1965	8.4	5.1
1964	8.4	5
1963	8.3	5
1962	8.3	5
1961	8.2	5
1960	8.2	5
1959	8.2	5
1958	8.2	5
1957	8.2	5
1956	8.2	5
1955	8.2	5
1954	8.2	5
1953	8.2	5
1952	8.2	5
1951	8.2	5
1950	8.2	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Uruguay	World
2024	16.1	10.2
2025	16.3	10.4
2026	16.5	10.6
2027	16.8	10.8
2028	17.1	11.1
2029	17.4	11.5
2030	17.7	11.8
2031	17.9	12
2032	18.2	12.3
2033	18.5	12.6
2034	18.7	12.8
2035	18.9	13.1
2036	19.2	13.4
2037	19.5	13.7
2038	19.7	13.9
2039	20.1	14.1
2040	20.5	14.3
2041	20.9	14.5
2042	21.2	14.7
2043	21.6	14.9
2044	21.9	15
2045	22.2	15.2
2046	22.5	15.4
2047	22.7	15.7
2048	23	15.9
2049	23.3	16.1
2050	23.5	16.3
2051	23.9	16.6
2052	24.2	16.8
2053	24.6	17.1
2054	25	17.3
2055	25.4	17.6
2056	25.8	17.8
2057	26.3	18
2058	26.7	18.2
2059	27.2	18.4
2060	27.7	18.5
2061	28.2	18.7
2062	28.7	18.8
2063	29.1	19
2064	29.6	19.1
2065	30.1	19.3
2066	30.5	19.4
2067	30.9	19.6
2068	31.3	19.7
2069	31.7	19.9
2070	32.1	20
2071	32.5	20.2
2072	32.9	20.3
2073	33.3	20.5
2074	33.6	20.7
2075	34	20.9
2076	34.4	21.1
2077	34.8	21.3
2078	35.2	21.5
2079	35.6	21.7
2080	36	21.9
2081	36.5	22.1
2082	36.8	22.3
2083	37.1	22.4
2084	37.2	22.6
2085	37.3	22.7
2086	37.3	22.8
2087	37.3	22.9
2088	37.3	22.9
2089	37.3	23
2090	37.3	23.1
2091	37.3	23.2
2092	37.3	23.3
2093	37.3	23.3
2094	37.3	23.4
2095	37.3	23.5
2096	37.3	23.6
2097	37.3	23.7
2098	37.4	23.7
2099	37.4	23.8
2100	37.5	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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