are there any ww2 veterans still alive

Yes, there are still World War II veterans alive today, but only a relatively small and rapidly shrinking number remain, all of them now very elderly (mostly late 90s or older).

How many are still alive?

• In the United States, estimates based on Department of Veterans Affairs data indicate roughly 60,000–70,000 WWII veterans were still living as of 2024–2025, down from about 16 million who served.

• Demographers project that this number will continue to fall steeply over the next few years, with only a small fraction likely to be alive by the early 2030s.

Other countries’ veterans

• In the United Kingdom, recent estimates suggest fewer than about 8,000 British WWII veterans remain alive as of the mid‑2020s.

• Globally, counting exact numbers is difficult because many countries no longer keep detailed records, but rough estimates place the total surviving WWII veterans in the low hundreds of thousands worldwide in the early 2020s, with hundreds passing away each day.

Why the numbers are so low now

• WWII ended in 1945, so even the youngest people who served are now around 96–100 years old , which naturally means mortality rates are very high.

• Veteran organizations and museums emphasize that this is likely the last decade in which it will still be possible, in most countries, to meet WWII veterans in person, which is why there is a strong push to record their stories and oral histories now.

If you want to learn from them

• Many museums and nonprofits host recorded interviews, documentaries, and written memoirs of WWII veterans that you can watch or read online.

• Local veterans’ groups, historical societies, or national WWII museums sometimes organize events where surviving veterans speak or where their preserved testimonies are shared with the public.

TL;DR: There are still WWII veterans alive, but only a small number remain—tens of thousands in the U.S. and smaller groups in other countries—and nearly all are near or over 100 years old.

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