World - Total population aged 60 years and over

1,049,747.94 (thousand persons) in 2020

In 2020, population aged 60+ years for WORLD was 1.05 million thousand persons. Between 1971 and 2020, population aged 60+ years of WORLD grew substantially from 312,755.52 to 1.05 million thousand persons rising at an increasing annual rate that reached a maximum of 3.48% in 2013 and then decreased to 3.09% in 2020.

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