People aged 65 and over in Croatia

People aged 65 and over in Croatia: 6.6% in 1950 and 22.8% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 22.8%
Since 1950: +16.2 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 10 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 35.9%; 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 35.9% in 2100.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Croatia	World
2023	22.8	10
2022	22.5	9.8
2021	22.1	9.5
2020	21.7	9.3
2019	21.2	9.1
2018	20.7	8.9
2017	20.1	8.7
2016	19.7	8.5
2015	19.2	8.3
2014	18.8	8.1
2013	18.5	7.9
2012	18.2	7.8
2011	18	7.7
2010	17.9	7.6
2009	17.9	7.5
2008	17.9	7.5
2007	17.8	7.4
2006	17.7	7.3
2005	17.5	7.3
2004	17.2	7.2
2003	17	7.1
2002	16.7	7
2001	16.3	6.9
2000	15.9	6.8
1999	15.5	6.8
1998	15.1	6.7
1997	14.6	6.6
1996	14.2	6.5
1995	13.7	6.5
1994	13.2	6.4
1993	12.7	6.3
1992	12.3	6.2
1991	11.9	6.1
1990	11.6	6.1
1989	11.4	6
1988	11.2	6
1987	11	5.9
1986	10.8	5.9
1985	10.6	5.8
1984	10.5	5.8
1983	10.7	5.8
1982	11	5.8
1981	11.3	5.8
1980	11.5	5.8
1979	11.5	5.8
1978	11.4	5.7
1977	11.2	5.6
1976	11	5.6
1975	10.8	5.5
1974	10.5	5.5
1973	10.2	5.4
1972	9.9	5.4
1971	9.7	5.3
1970	9.4	5.3
1969	9.2	5.2
1968	8.9	5.2
1967	8.7	5.2
1966	8.4	5.1
1965	8.1	5.1
1964	7.9	5
1963	7.7	5
1962	7.5	5
1961	7.4	5
1960	7.3	5
1959	7.2	5
1958	7.1	5
1957	7	5
1956	7	5
1955	7	5
1954	6.9	5
1953	6.9	5
1952	6.8	5
1951	6.7	5
1950	6.6	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Croatia	World
2024	23.2	10.2
2025	23.6	10.4
2026	24	10.6
2027	24.4	10.8
2028	24.8	11.1
2029	25.1	11.5
2030	25.5	11.8
2031	25.8	12
2032	26.2	12.3
2033	26.5	12.6
2034	26.7	12.8
2035	26.9	13.1
2036	27.1	13.4
2037	27.3	13.7
2038	27.6	13.9
2039	27.8	14.1
2040	28	14.3
2041	28.2	14.5
2042	28.5	14.7
2043	28.8	14.9
2044	29	15
2045	29.4	15.2
2046	29.6	15.4
2047	29.9	15.7
2048	30.2	15.9
2049	30.5	16.1
2050	30.7	16.3
2051	30.9	16.6
2052	31.1	16.8
2053	31.2	17.1
2054	31.3	17.3
2055	31.4	17.6
2056	31.5	17.8
2057	31.6	18
2058	31.6	18.2
2059	31.7	18.4
2060	31.7	18.5
2061	31.9	18.7
2062	32.1	18.8
2063	32.2	19
2064	32.4	19.1
2065	32.5	19.3
2066	32.5	19.4
2067	32.6	19.6
2068	32.6	19.7
2069	32.7	19.9
2070	32.8	20
2071	32.9	20.2
2072	33.1	20.3
2073	33.2	20.5
2074	33.5	20.7
2075	33.7	20.9
2076	33.9	21.1
2077	34.1	21.3
2078	34.3	21.5
2079	34.5	21.7
2080	34.6	21.9
2081	34.6	22.1
2082	34.7	22.3
2083	34.8	22.4
2084	34.9	22.6
2085	35	22.7
2086	35.1	22.8
2087	35.2	22.9
2088	35.3	22.9
2089	35.3	23
2090	35.4	23.1
2091	35.4	23.2
2092	35.5	23.3
2093	35.5	23.3
2094	35.5	23.4
2095	35.6	23.5
2096	35.6	23.6
2097	35.7	23.7
2098	35.7	23.7
2099	35.8	23.8
2100	35.9	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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