"Figure 3: Numbers of those aged 65 years and over have increased but numbers with RLE15 have declined","" "Number of people aged 65 years and over, and with RLE15, 1981 to 2017, Great Britain","" "","" "Notes","1. RLE stands for remaining life expectancy (in years)." "Unit","Number" "","" "Year","65 and over","RLE 15 or less" "1981","8287974","8140425" "1982","8285563","8276044" "1983","8234546","8296288" "1984","8207759","8140523" "1985","8384698","8350182" "1986","8511135","8210384" "1987","8617977","8024196" "1988","8688431","8044501" "1989","8760475","8128824" "1990","8797951","7994679" "1991","8850710","8070414" "1992","8891595","7967406" "1993","8924531","8138530" "1994","8940878","7841737" "1995","8980880","7947792" "1996","9006416","7900838" "1997","9025601","7813950" "1998","9050610","7727783" "1999","9057366","7679679" "2000","9086549","7471026" "2001","9148748","7383006" "2002","9203008","7400734" "2003","9260137","7400710" "2004","9317456","7140400" "2005","9380079","7112958" "2006","9416198","6965111" "2007","9501071","6983150" "2008","9646143","7025879" "2009","9818459","6797925" "2010","10003092","6846257" "2011","10192424","6754698" "2012","10568127","6930859" "2013","10852707","6995835" "2014","11120905","6969823" "2015","11319343","7293692" "2016","11516330","7257864" "2017","11686347","7442752"