People aged 65 and over in Bulgaria

People aged 65 and over in Bulgaria: 6.3% in 1950 and 21.8% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 21.8%
Since 1950: +15.5 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 15 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 32.3%; 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 32.3% in 2100.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Bulgaria	World
2023	21.8	10
2022	21.7	9.8
2021	21.7	9.5
2020	21.7	9.3
2019	21.5	9.1
2018	21.2	8.9
2017	20.9	8.7
2016	20.6	8.5
2015	20.2	8.3
2014	19.8	8.1
2013	19.4	7.9
2012	19	7.8
2011	18.5	7.7
2010	18.2	7.6
2009	17.9	7.5
2008	17.7	7.5
2007	17.6	7.4
2006	17.5	7.3
2005	17.3	7.3
2004	17.2	7.2
2003	17.1	7.1
2002	17	7
2001	16.8	6.9
2000	16.6	6.8
1999	16.3	6.8
1998	16	6.7
1997	15.7	6.6
1996	15.4	6.5
1995	15.1	6.5
1994	14.8	6.4
1993	14.5	6.3
1992	14.1	6.2
1991	13.6	6.1
1990	13.2	6.1
1989	12.7	6
1988	12.3	6
1987	12	5.9
1986	11.7	5.9
1985	11.4	5.8
1984	11.1	5.8
1983	11.2	5.8
1982	11.5	5.8
1981	11.8	5.8
1980	11.8	5.8
1979	11.6	5.8
1978	11.5	5.7
1977	11.3	5.6
1976	11.1	5.6
1975	10.9	5.5
1974	10.6	5.5
1973	10.4	5.4
1972	10.2	5.4
1971	9.9	5.3
1970	9.6	5.3
1969	9.3	5.2
1968	9.1	5.2
1967	8.9	5.2
1966	8.7	5.1
1965	8.4	5.1
1964	8.1	5
1963	7.9	5
1962	7.8	5
1961	7.6	5
1960	7.5	5
1959	7.3	5
1958	7.3	5
1957	7.2	5
1956	7.1	5
1955	7.1	5
1954	6.9	5
1953	6.8	5
1952	6.7	5
1951	6.6	5
1950	6.3	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Bulgaria	World
2024	22	10.2
2025	22.2	10.4
2026	22.5	10.6
2027	22.7	10.8
2028	22.9	11.1
2029	23.1	11.5
2030	23.2	11.8
2031	23.3	12
2032	23.5	12.3
2033	23.7	12.6
2034	24	12.8
2035	24.3	13.1
2036	24.6	13.4
2037	24.9	13.7
2038	25.2	13.9
2039	25.6	14.1
2040	26.1	14.3
2041	26.5	14.5
2042	26.9	14.7
2043	27.3	14.9
2044	27.6	15
2045	28	15.2
2046	28.3	15.4
2047	28.5	15.7
2048	28.8	15.9
2049	29.1	16.1
2050	29.4	16.3
2051	29.8	16.6
2052	30.1	16.8
2053	30.4	17.1
2054	30.8	17.3
2055	31.1	17.6
2056	31.3	17.8
2057	31.5	18
2058	31.5	18.2
2059	31.5	18.4
2060	31.3	18.5
2061	31.1	18.7
2062	30.9	18.8
2063	30.6	19
2064	30.5	19.1
2065	30.3	19.3
2066	30.2	19.4
2067	30	19.6
2068	29.8	19.7
2069	29.7	19.9
2070	29.5	20
2071	29.5	20.2
2072	29.4	20.3
2073	29.4	20.5
2074	29.5	20.7
2075	29.5	20.9
2076	29.6	21.1
2077	29.7	21.3
2078	29.7	21.5
2079	29.8	21.7
2080	29.9	21.9
2081	30	22.1
2082	30.1	22.3
2083	30.2	22.4
2084	30.3	22.6
2085	30.4	22.7
2086	30.5	22.8
2087	30.6	22.9
2088	30.8	22.9
2089	31	23
2090	31.2	23.1
2091	31.3	23.2
2092	31.5	23.3
2093	31.6	23.3
2094	31.7	23.4
2095	31.8	23.5
2096	31.9	23.6
2097	32	23.7
2098	32.1	23.7
2099	32.2	23.8
2100	32.3	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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