People aged 65 and over in Belarus

People aged 65 and over in Belarus: 7.5% in 1950 and 17.1% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 17.1%
Since 1950: +9.5 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 56 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 35.8%; UN projection (medium variant)

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% of people · UN

Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)World

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 35.8% in 2100.
The highest was 17.1% in 2023, the lowest 7% in 1957.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Belarus	World
2023	17.1	10
2022	16.5	9.8
2021	16.1	9.5
2020	15.7	9.3
2019	15.4	9.1
2018	15.1	8.9
2017	14.8	8.7
2016	14.5	8.5
2015	14.3	8.3
2014	14.1	8.1
2013	13.8	7.9
2012	13.7	7.8
2011	13.7	7.7
2010	14	7.6
2009	14.2	7.5
2008	14.5	7.5
2007	14.8	7.4
2006	14.8	7.3
2005	14.7	7.3
2004	14.5	7.2
2003	14.3	7.1
2002	14	7
2001	13.8	6.9
2000	13.5	6.8
1999	13.4	6.8
1998	13.3	6.7
1997	13.1	6.6
1996	12.8	6.5
1995	12.5	6.5
1994	12.1	6.4
1993	11.7	6.3
1992	11.3	6.2
1991	11	6.1
1990	10.6	6.1
1989	10.4	6
1988	10.1	6
1987	9.9	5.9
1986	9.8	5.9
1985	9.8	5.8
1984	9.9	5.8
1983	10	5.8
1982	10.1	5.8
1981	10.4	5.8
1980	10.5	5.8
1979	10.6	5.8
1978	10.5	5.7
1977	10.4	5.6
1976	10.2	5.6
1975	9.9	5.5
1974	9.7	5.5
1973	9.5	5.4
1972	9.3	5.4
1971	9.1	5.3
1970	8.9	5.3
1969	8.6	5.2
1968	8.4	5.2
1967	8.2	5.2
1966	8.1	5.1
1965	7.8	5.1
1964	7.6	5
1963	7.4	5
1962	7.4	5
1961	7.3	5
1960	7.2	5
1959	7.2	5
1958	7.1	5
1957	7	5
1956	7	5
1955	7	5
1954	7	5
1953	7.1	5
1952	7.1	5
1951	7.3	5
1950	7.5	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Belarus	World
2024	17.7	10.2
2025	18.3	10.4
2026	18.9	10.6
2027	19.5	10.8
2028	20	11.1
2029	20.4	11.5
2030	20.8	11.8
2031	21.2	12
2032	21.5	12.3
2033	21.8	12.6
2034	22	12.8
2035	22.3	13.1
2036	22.6	13.4
2037	22.9	13.7
2038	23.2	13.9
2039	23.4	14.1
2040	23.7	14.3
2041	24	14.5
2042	24.3	14.7
2043	24.5	14.9
2044	24.8	15
2045	25.2	15.2
2046	25.5	15.4
2047	25.9	15.7
2048	26.4	15.9
2049	26.9	16.1
2050	27.5	16.3
2051	28.1	16.6
2052	28.6	16.8
2053	29.2	17.1
2054	29.8	17.3
2055	30.4	17.6
2056	30.8	17.8
2057	31.2	18
2058	31.5	18.2
2059	31.7	18.4
2060	31.9	18.5
2061	31.9	18.7
2062	31.9	18.8
2063	31.8	19
2064	31.8	19.1
2065	31.8	19.3
2066	31.7	19.4
2067	31.7	19.6
2068	31.6	19.7
2069	31.5	19.9
2070	31.4	20
2071	31.4	20.2
2072	31.5	20.3
2073	31.7	20.5
2074	32	20.7
2075	32.3	20.9
2076	32.6	21.1
2077	33	21.3
2078	33.6	21.5
2079	34.1	21.7
2080	34.7	21.9
2081	35.3	22.1
2082	35.9	22.3
2083	36.2	22.4
2084	36.4	22.6
2085	36.6	22.7
2086	36.8	22.8
2087	36.9	22.9
2088	36.9	22.9
2089	36.8	23
2090	36.7	23.1
2091	36.6	23.2
2092	36.6	23.3
2093	36.5	23.3
2094	36.4	23.4
2095	36.3	23.5
2096	36.2	23.6
2097	36.1	23.7
2098	36	23.7
2099	35.9	23.8
2100	35.8	23.9

Good to know

The share of the population aged 65 or older.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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