People aged 65 and over in Zambia

People aged 65 and over in Zambia: 2.8% in 1950 and 1.9% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 1.9%
Since 1950: −0.9 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 227 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 14.2%; 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 14.2% in 2100.
The highest was 3.2% in 1980, the lowest 1.7% in 2015.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Zambia	World
2023	1.9	10
2022	1.9	9.8
2021	1.8	9.5
2020	1.8	9.3
2019	1.8	9.1
2018	1.8	8.9
2017	1.8	8.7
2016	1.7	8.5
2015	1.7	8.3
2014	1.7	8.1
2013	1.8	7.9
2012	1.8	7.8
2011	1.8	7.7
2010	1.8	7.6
2009	1.9	7.5
2008	1.9	7.5
2007	2	7.4
2006	2	7.3
2005	2.1	7.3
2004	2.1	7.2
2003	2.2	7.1
2002	2.2	7
2001	2.3	6.9
2000	2.4	6.8
1999	2.4	6.8
1998	2.5	6.7
1997	2.5	6.6
1996	2.6	6.5
1995	2.7	6.5
1994	2.7	6.4
1993	2.8	6.3
1992	2.8	6.2
1991	2.8	6.1
1990	2.9	6.1
1989	2.9	6
1988	2.9	6
1987	3	5.9
1986	3	5.9
1985	3	5.8
1984	3.1	5.8
1983	3.1	5.8
1982	3.1	5.8
1981	3.1	5.8
1980	3.2	5.8
1979	3.1	5.8
1978	3.1	5.7
1977	3.1	5.6
1976	3.1	5.6
1975	3.1	5.5
1974	3.1	5.5
1973	3.1	5.4
1972	3	5.4
1971	3	5.3
1970	3	5.3
1969	3	5.2
1968	3	5.2
1967	3	5.2
1966	2.9	5.1
1965	2.9	5.1
1964	2.9	5
1963	2.9	5
1962	2.9	5
1961	2.9	5
1960	2.9	5
1959	2.9	5
1958	2.9	5
1957	2.9	5
1956	2.9	5
1955	2.9	5
1954	2.9	5
1953	2.9	5
1952	2.8	5
1951	2.8	5
1950	2.8	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Zambia	World
2024	1.9	10.2
2025	2	10.4
2026	2.1	10.6
2027	2.1	10.8
2028	2.2	11.1
2029	2.3	11.5
2030	2.3	11.8
2031	2.4	12
2032	2.5	12.3
2033	2.6	12.6
2034	2.7	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	3.3	14.3
2041	3.5	14.5
2042	3.6	14.7
2043	3.8	14.9
2044	3.9	15
2045	4.1	15.2
2046	4.2	15.4
2047	4.4	15.7
2048	4.5	15.9
2049	4.6	16.1
2050	4.8	16.3
2051	4.9	16.6
2052	5.1	16.8
2053	5.2	17.1
2054	5.4	17.3
2055	5.5	17.6
2056	5.7	17.8
2057	5.8	18
2058	5.9	18.2
2059	6.1	18.4
2060	6.2	18.5
2061	6.4	18.7
2062	6.5	18.8
2063	6.7	19
2064	6.8	19.1
2065	7	19.3
2066	7.1	19.4
2067	7.3	19.6
2068	7.5	19.7
2069	7.7	19.9
2070	7.8	20
2071	8	20.2
2072	8.3	20.3
2073	8.5	20.5
2074	8.7	20.7
2075	8.9	20.9
2076	9.1	21.1
2077	9.4	21.3
2078	9.6	21.5
2079	9.8	21.7
2080	10	21.9
2081	10.2	22.1
2082	10.4	22.3
2083	10.6	22.4
2084	10.8	22.6
2085	11	22.7
2086	11.2	22.8
2087	11.4	22.9
2088	11.6	22.9
2089	11.8	23
2090	12	23.1
2091	12.2	23.2
2092	12.5	23.3
2093	12.7	23.3
2094	12.9	23.4
2095	13.1	23.5
2096	13.3	23.6
2097	13.6	23.7
2098	13.8	23.7
2099	14	23.8
2100	14.2	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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