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Working age and older age · by single year of age, 1950–2100
The country you retire into
Pick the year you were born, your country and the age you expect to stop work. See how many people of working age there are for each person that age or older: the year you were born, today, and the year you reach it.
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries
An example · Brazil, born 1990, stopping at 65
Brazil in 2055: 2.5 of working age for each person 65 or older
In 2055, the year people born in 1990 turn 65, Brazil will have 2.5 people aged 15 to 64 for each person 65 or older. In 1990 it had 14.7, and in 2026 it has 5.8. By 2055, 25 of every 100 people in Brazil will be 65 or older, against 18 in the world.
This is an example. Enter your own year and country above; it is worked out on your device.
4 of every 100 people are 65 or older. The world: 10.0 for each; 6 of 100.
12 of every 100 people are 65 or older. The world: 6.2 for each; 11 of 100.
25 of every 100 people are 65 or older. The world: 3.6 for each; 18 of 100.
How to read this: the dark square is one person 65 or older; each coloured square after it is one person aged 15 to 64, and a part square is part of a person. Striped squares are the UN's projection, not a count.
How to read this: the higher the line, the more people of working age for each person 65 or older. Solid lines are counted; dashed lines over stripes are projected.
What this cannot tell you
- Jobs. “Working age” here means ages, not jobs: many people between 15 and retirement are studying, caring for others or out of work, and many older people still work. The UN counts people by age, not by what they do.
- Anything about you. The page describes the country a whole generation reaches that age in. It never says whether anyone will live to see it, and it knows nothing about your job, savings or pension.
- The future for certain. Years after 2023 are the UN’s medium projection: its most likely path, not a promise. The UN gives a range for each country’s total population, but not for this ratio, so none is drawn.
- Where in a country. Regions and cities can have far more or far fewer older people than the country as a whole.
- After 2100. The UN’s projections end there, so people who reach the age later cannot be shown.
Sources and method
Every figure is the UN's mid-year population by single year of age (World Population Prospects 2024), both sexes, added up in your browser: people aged 15 to one below the age you chose, against people that age or older. At 65 it is the inverse of the UN's old-age ratio that the work page prints, and the build checks that the two agree for every country. Years after 2023 are the UN's medium projection.