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Mr. Flynn
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the total number and percentage of the population of (a) men aged 65 years or over and (b) women aged 60 years or over in the years 2017 to 2040. [12168]
Mr. Horam
The latest available information using the mid-1992—based national population projections is shown in the table. Mid-1994-based projections will be available shortly. Summary figures will be published in Office of Population Censuses and Surveys monitor in February.
| England and Wales | ||||
| Men aged 65 and over | Women aged 60 and over | |||
| Year | Thousands | As percentage of total male population | Thousands | As Percentage of total female population |
| 2017 | 4,568 | 16.7 | 7,276 | 26.3 |
| 2018 | 4,635 | 16.9 | 7,370 | 26.6 |
| 2019 | 4,701 | 17.1 | 7,470 | 26.9 |
| 2020 | 4,759 | 17.3 | 7,575 | 27.3 |
| 2021 | 4,824 | 17.5 | 7,694 | 27.7 |
| 2022 | 4,897 | 17.8 | 7,822 | 28.1 |
| 2023 | 4,977 | 18.1 | 7,957 | 28.6 |
| 2024 | 5,061 | 18.3 | 8,097 | 29.0 |
| 2025 | 5,152 | 18.7 | 8,235 | 29.5 |
| 2026 | 5,256 | 19.0 | 8,362 | 30.0 |
| 2027 | 5,366 | 19.4 | 8,478 | 30.4 |
| 2028 | 5,480 | 19.9 | 8,579 | 30.7 |
| 2029 | 5,599 | 20.3 | 8,675 | 31.1 |
| 2030 | 5,713 | 20.7 | 8,752 | 31.4 |
| 2031 | 5,816 | 21.1 | 8,830 | 31.7 |
| 2032 | 5,907 | 21.5 | 8,885 | 31.9 |
| 2033 | 5,983 | 21.8 | 8,917 | 32.0 |
| 2034 | 6,054 | 22.1 | 8.926 | 32.1 |
| 2035 | 6,110 | 22.3 | 8,921 | 32.1 |
| 2036 | 6,164 | 22.6 | 8,902 | 32.1 |
| 2037 | 6,199 | 22.7 | 8,868 | 32.0 |
| 2038 | 6,211 | 22.8 | 8,836 | 32.0 |
| 2039 | 6,199 | 22.8 | 8,824 | 32.0 |
| 2040 | 6,176 | 22.8 | 8,820 | 32.0 |