People aged 65 and over in Vatican City

People aged 65 and over in Vatican City: 3.4% in 1950 and 44.8% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 44.8%
Since 1950: +41.4 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 1 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 30.9%; 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 30.9% in 2100.
The highest was 48.6% in 2014, the lowest 3.4% in 1950.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Vatican City	World
2023	44.8	10
2022	45.2	9.8
2021	45.6	9.5
2020	45.9	9.3
2019	46	9.1
2018	46.5	8.9
2017	46.9	8.7
2016	47.3	8.5
2015	47.7	8.3
2014	48.6	8.1
2013	47.4	7.9
2012	44.6	7.8
2011	42.5	7.7
2010	40.1	7.6
2009	38.4	7.5
2008	36.8	7.5
2007	35.3	7.4
2006	34.1	7.3
2005	32.5	7.3
2004	30.8	7.2
2003	29.3	7.1
2002	28	7
2001	26.9	6.9
2000	26	6.8
1999	24.7	6.8
1998	23.2	6.7
1997	22	6.6
1996	21.1	6.5
1995	20.1	6.5
1994	19.3	6.4
1993	18.7	6.3
1992	18	6.2
1991	17	6.1
1990	15.9	6.1
1989	14.9	6
1988	14.1	6
1987	13.6	5.9
1986	12.9	5.9
1985	12.4	5.8
1984	11.8	5.8
1983	11.3	5.8
1982	11.3	5.8
1981	11.3	5.8
1980	11.1	5.8
1979	10.7	5.8
1978	10.1	5.7
1977	9.3	5.6
1976	8.7	5.6
1975	8.3	5.5
1974	7.9	5.5
1973	8	5.4
1972	7.8	5.4
1971	7.8	5.3
1970	8	5.3
1969	7.9	5.2
1968	7.7	5.2
1967	7.3	5.2
1966	6.8	5.1
1965	5.9	5.1
1964	5.2	5
1963	4.6	5
1962	4.5	5
1961	4.4	5
1960	4.7	5
1959	4.9	5
1958	5.1	5
1957	5.2	5
1956	5.3	5
1955	5.4	5
1954	5.1	5
1953	4.7	5
1952	4.3	5
1951	3.8	5
1950	3.4	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Vatican City	World
2024	43.6	10.2
2025	42.3	10.4
2026	40.7	10.6
2027	38.7	10.8
2028	36.8	11.1
2029	35.9	11.5
2030	35.2	11.8
2031	34.5	12
2032	33.4	12.3
2033	32.6	12.6
2034	31.8	12.8
2035	30.8	13.1
2036	29.8	13.4
2037	28.8	13.7
2038	27.9	13.9
2039	27	14.1
2040	25.6	14.3
2041	25	14.5
2042	24.3	14.7
2043	23.8	14.9
2044	23.5	15
2045	23.5	15.2
2046	23.3	15.4
2047	23.5	15.7
2048	23.1	15.9
2049	22.9	16.1
2050	23	16.3
2051	22.6	16.6
2052	22.5	16.8
2053	22.3	17.1
2054	22	17.3
2055	21.7	17.6
2056	21.8	17.8
2057	21.9	18
2058	21.9	18.2
2059	21.7	18.4
2060	21.4	18.5
2061	21.3	18.7
2062	21.4	18.8
2063	21.3	19
2064	21.3	19.1
2065	21.7	19.3
2066	21.8	19.4
2067	22.1	19.6
2068	22.4	19.7
2069	22.5	19.9
2070	22.6	20
2071	22.7	20.2
2072	22.7	20.3
2073	23	20.5
2074	23.4	20.7
2075	23.7	20.9
2076	24.1	21.1
2077	24.4	21.3
2078	24.7	21.5
2079	25	21.7
2080	25.3	21.9
2081	25.7	22.1
2082	25.9	22.3
2083	25.9	22.4
2084	26	22.6
2085	26.3	22.7
2086	26.4	22.8
2087	26.8	22.9
2088	27.2	22.9
2089	27.4	23
2090	27.8	23.1
2091	27.9	23.2
2092	28.2	23.3
2093	28.6	23.3
2094	28.8	23.4
2095	29.1	23.5
2096	29.5	23.6
2097	29.8	23.7
2098	30.1	23.7
2099	30.5	23.8
2100	30.9	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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