People aged 65 and over in Estonia

People aged 65 and over in Estonia: 10.6% in 1950 and 20.9% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 20.9%
Since 1950: +10.4 percentage points
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 35.3%; 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 35.3% in 2100.
The highest was 20.9% in 2023, the lowest 10.1% in 1957.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Estonia	World
2023	20.9	10
2022	20.6	9.8
2021	20.4	9.5
2020	20.2	9.3
2019	19.9	9.1
2018	19.7	8.9
2017	19.5	8.7
2016	19.2	8.5
2015	18.9	8.3
2014	18.6	8.1
2013	18.2	7.9
2012	17.9	7.8
2011	17.6	7.7
2010	17.4	7.6
2009	17.4	7.5
2008	17.4	7.5
2007	17.4	7.4
2006	17.1	7.3
2005	16.7	7.3
2004	16.4	7.2
2003	16	7.1
2002	15.7	7
2001	15.3	6.9
2000	15	6.8
1999	14.8	6.8
1998	14.6	6.7
1997	14.3	6.6
1996	13.9	6.5
1995	13.5	6.5
1994	13.1	6.4
1993	12.7	6.3
1992	12.2	6.2
1991	11.8	6.1
1990	11.6	6.1
1989	11.5	6
1988	11.4	6
1987	11.3	5.9
1986	11.3	5.9
1985	11.4	5.8
1984	11.6	5.8
1983	11.8	5.8
1982	12	5.8
1981	12.3	5.8
1980	12.5	5.8
1979	12.5	5.8
1978	12.5	5.7
1977	12.5	5.6
1976	12.4	5.6
1975	12.3	5.5
1974	12.2	5.5
1973	12.1	5.4
1972	12	5.4
1971	11.9	5.3
1970	11.8	5.3
1969	11.7	5.2
1968	11.5	5.2
1967	11.4	5.2
1966	11.2	5.1
1965	11.1	5.1
1964	10.9	5
1963	10.8	5
1962	10.8	5
1961	10.8	5
1960	10.7	5
1959	10.7	5
1958	10.4	5
1957	10.1	5
1956	10.1	5
1955	10.2	5
1954	10.2	5
1953	10.3	5
1952	10.4	5
1951	10.5	5
1950	10.6	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Estonia	World
2024	21.3	10.2
2025	21.8	10.4
2026	22.3	10.6
2027	22.6	10.8
2028	23	11.1
2029	23.2	11.5
2030	23.5	11.8
2031	23.7	12
2032	24	12.3
2033	24.2	12.6
2034	24.5	12.8
2035	24.8	13.1
2036	25.2	13.4
2037	25.6	13.7
2038	25.9	13.9
2039	26.2	14.1
2040	26.5	14.3
2041	26.8	14.5
2042	27.1	14.7
2043	27.4	14.9
2044	27.7	15
2045	28	15.2
2046	28.3	15.4
2047	28.6	15.7
2048	29	15.9
2049	29.4	16.1
2050	29.8	16.3
2051	30.2	16.6
2052	30.7	16.8
2053	31.2	17.1
2054	31.8	17.3
2055	32.3	17.6
2056	32.6	17.8
2057	32.9	18
2058	33	18.2
2059	33.1	18.4
2060	33.1	18.5
2061	33	18.7
2062	32.9	18.8
2063	32.8	19
2064	32.6	19.1
2065	32.5	19.3
2066	32.4	19.4
2067	32.2	19.6
2068	32.1	19.7
2069	32.1	19.9
2070	32.1	20
2071	32.2	20.2
2072	32.3	20.3
2073	32.5	20.5
2074	32.8	20.7
2075	33	20.9
2076	33.3	21.1
2077	33.4	21.3
2078	33.6	21.5
2079	33.7	21.7
2080	33.9	21.9
2081	34.1	22.1
2082	34.3	22.3
2083	34.6	22.4
2084	34.9	22.6
2085	35.1	22.7
2086	35.3	22.8
2087	35.5	22.9
2088	35.5	22.9
2089	35.5	23
2090	35.5	23.1
2091	35.5	23.2
2092	35.4	23.3
2093	35.4	23.3
2094	35.4	23.4
2095	35.4	23.5
2096	35.4	23.6
2097	35.3	23.7
2098	35.3	23.7
2099	35.3	23.8
2100	35.3	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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