Postmenopause Statistics

“In 2021, women aged 50 and over
accounted for 26% of all women and girls globally.
This was up from 22% 10 years earlier”.1

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What may the Postmenopause Statistics Umbrella include?

Depending on the Source (DotS) this Umbrella may include:

  • After Menopause Statistics
  • Postmenopause Statistics

2020, Aged 50 and Over

In 2020, how many women were estimated to be aged 50 and over?

On page one in The Mediterranean Diet and Menopausal Health: An EMAS Position Statement – 1. Introduction, published 01 July 2020, Cano et al. note:

“The United Nations has estimated that, worldwide, 985 million women in 2020 are aged 50 and over. The figure is expected to rise to 1.65 billion by 2050”.2

2021, Aged 50 and Over

In 2021, how many women were estimated to be aged 50 and over?

In Menopause: The Importance of Understanding Menopause, published 17 October 2022, the World Health Organization quotes the statistics:


Postmenopause“The global population of postmenopausal women is growing. In 2021, women aged 50 and over accounted for 26% of all women and girls globally. This was up from 22% 10 years earlier. Additionally, women are living longer. Globally, a woman aged 60 years in 2019 could expect to live on average another 21 years”.3

By 2025, Postmenopausal

By 2025, what is the the world population of postmenopausal women projected to be?

In Menopause-Like Symptoms May Strike Before the Menopause Transition, published 11 January 2023, the North American Menopause Society include:

“By 2025, an estimated 1.1 billion women worldwide will be postmenopausal”.4

By 2030, Menopausal and Postmenopausal

By 2030, what is the the world population of menopausal and postmenopausal women projected to be?

In Lisa Health Launches Midday, An App Leveraging AI To Personalize the Menopause Journey, In Collaboration With Mayo Clinic, dated 19 July 2022, the author notes:

“By 2030, the world population of menopausal and postmenopausal women is projected to increase to 1.2 billion, with 47 million new entrants each year”.5

Aged 45-59

Worldwide, in 2020, how many women were between the ages of 45-49?

In Guidelines and Education: EMAS Menopause In the Workplace the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) note:

“In 2020 there were 657 million women aged 45- 59, many contributing to the workforce throughout their menopausal years”.6

United States

In the United States (US), how many women experience menopause each year?

In Research Explores the Impact of Menopause on Women’s Health and Aging, dated 22 May 2022, the (United States) National Institute of Aging note:

“More than 1 million women in the United States experience menopause each year”.7

The NAMS note:

“An estimated 6,000 US women reach menopause every day (more than 2 million per year)”.8

Other figures quoted by the NAMS are:

“There were an estimated 50 million postmenopausal women in the United States in 2010. About 45 million of them were aged older than 52 years, the average age of natural menopause in the Western world. By the year 2020, the number of US women aged older than 51 years is expected to be more than 50 million”.9

Canada

In Canada, how many women will be postmenopausal by 2026?

According to numbers quoted by the NAMS:

“By 2026, it is estimated that almost one-quarter (22%) of the Canadian population will be composed of women older than age 50”.10

Australia

In Australia, how many women are postmenopausal?

In April 2014, the Australian Menopause Society note:

“The importance of the menopause can best be comprehended when it is realised that there are over 2 million post-menopausal women in Australia, and that every year about 80,000 new women join this group.

These women constitute 40% of all health care visits in Australia”.11

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  11. The Mediterranean Diet and Menopausal Health: An EMAS Position Statement
  12. The Menopause: After the Menopause

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  1. Menopause: The Importance of Understanding Menopause. 17 October 2022. World Health Organization https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/menopause Accessed: 11 January 2023
  2. Antonio Cano, et al., The Mediterranean Diet and Menopausal Health: An EMAS Position Statement Maturitas, 01 July 2020 https://www.emas-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/The-Mediterranean-diet-and-menopausal-health.pdf Accessed: 11 January 2023
  3. Menopause: The Importance of Understanding Menopause. 17 October 2022. World Health Organization https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/menopause Accessed: 11 January 2023
  4. Menopause-Like Symptoms May Strike Before the Menopause Transition. 11 January 2023. North American Menopause Society https://www.menopause.org/docs/default-source/press-release/late-reproductive-stage-symptoms-vs-menopause.pdf the Accessed: 11 January 2023
  5. Ford, T. R. Lisa Health Launches Midday, An App Leveraging AI To Personalize the Menopause Journey, In Collaboration With Mayo Clinic. 19 July 2022 https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/lisa-health-launches-midday-an-app-leveraging-ai-to-personalize-the-menopause-journey-in-collaboration-with-mayo-clinic/ Accessed: 11 January 2023
  6. Guidelines and Education: EMAS Menopause In the Workplace. European Menopause and Andropause Society https://emas-online.org/guidelines-and-education/ Accessed: 19 March 2023
  7. Research Explores the Impact of Menopause on Women’s Health and Aging. 06 May 2022. National Institute of Aging https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-explores-impact-menopause-womens-health-and-aging Accessed: 11 January 2023
  8. North American Menopause Society. Menopause Practice: A Clinician’s Guide – Chapter 1: Overview of Menopause: Demographics. 5th Edition 2014:1.1
  9. North American Menopause Society. Menopause Practice: A Clinician’s Guide – Chapter 1: Overview of Menopause: Demographics. 5th Edition 2014:1.1
  10. North American Menopause Society. Menopause Practice: A Clinician’s Guide – Chapter 1: Overview of Menopause: Demographics. 5th Edition 2014:1.1
  11. Mission and Vision. Content Updated April 2014. Australasian Menopause Society https://www.menopause.org.au/about-ams/mission-and-vision Accessed: 11 January 2023
Topic Last Updated: 19 March 2023 – Topic Last Reviewed: 11 January 2023

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