Population Aged 65 and Over: Mexico

## What this measures

The share of Mexico's population aged 65 or older on 1 July of each year, in percent. A Palanor calculation from the UN World Population Prospects 2024 population by five-year age group.

## Why it matters

The over-65 share drives pension and health spending and the ratio of workers to retirees. It is the headline number for an ageing society.

## How to read it

Each point is dated July 1. Above 14% a society is usually called "aged", above 21% "super-aged". These are estimates through 2023.

## What it does not say

It does not say how healthy or active older people are, or how many still work.

## Source

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. https://population.un.org/wpp/ Licence: © 2024 by United Nations, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). Palanor's copy is unchanged except where this section says otherwise. Palanor adds the UN's five-year age groups from 65–69 up to 100+ and divides by the total population of the same year; that sum is the only change. The UN revises the whole series every two years; the next revision replaces these figures back to 1950.