People aged 65 and over in Germany

People aged 65 and over in Germany: 9% in 1950 and 22.8% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 22.8%
Since 1950: +13.8 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 11 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 31.2%; 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 31.2% in 2100.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Germany	World
2023	22.8	10
2022	22.5	9.8
2021	22.1	9.5
2020	21.8	9.3
2019	21.6	9.1
2018	21.5	8.9
2017	21.3	8.7
2016	21.1	8.5
2015	21.1	8.3
2014	21	8.1
2013	20.8	7.9
2012	20.6	7.8
2011	20.5	7.7
2010	20.6	7.6
2009	20.5	7.5
2008	20.3	7.5
2007	20	7.4
2006	19.5	7.3
2005	18.9	7.3
2004	18.3	7.2
2003	17.7	7.1
2002	17.3	7
2001	16.9	6.9
2000	16.5	6.8
1999	16.1	6.8
1998	15.8	6.7
1997	15.7	6.6
1996	15.5	6.5
1995	15.4	6.5
1994	15.2	6.4
1993	15.1	6.3
1992	15	6.2
1991	14.9	6.1
1990	14.9	6.1
1989	14.9	6
1988	14.9	6
1987	14.8	5.9
1986	14.7	5.9
1985	14.5	5.8
1984	14.5	5.8
1983	14.6	5.8
1982	15	5.8
1981	15.3	5.8
1980	15.6	5.8
1979	15.6	5.8
1978	15.5	5.7
1977	15.3	5.6
1976	15.1	5.6
1975	14.8	5.5
1974	14.6	5.5
1973	14.3	5.4
1972	14.1	5.4
1971	13.9	5.3
1970	13.7	5.3
1969	13.5	5.2
1968	13.3	5.2
1967	13.1	5.2
1966	12.7	5.1
1965	12.5	5.1
1964	12.3	5
1963	12.1	5
1962	11.9	5
1961	11.7	5
1960	11.5	5
1959	11.3	5
1958	11.1	5
1957	10.8	5
1956	10.5	5
1955	10.3	5
1954	10.1	5
1953	9.8	5
1952	9.6	5
1951	9.3	5
1950	9	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Germany	World
2024	23.2	10.2
2025	23.7	10.4
2026	24.2	10.6
2027	24.8	10.8
2028	25.3	11.1
2029	25.9	11.5
2030	26.5	11.8
2031	27	12
2032	27.6	12.3
2033	28.1	12.6
2034	28.5	12.8
2035	28.9	13.1
2036	29.2	13.4
2037	29.4	13.7
2038	29.5	13.9
2039	29.6	14.1
2040	29.6	14.3
2041	29.7	14.5
2042	29.7	14.7
2043	29.8	14.9
2044	29.8	15
2045	29.9	15.2
2046	30	15.4
2047	30.1	15.7
2048	30.2	15.9
2049	30.2	16.1
2050	30.3	16.3
2051	30.3	16.6
2052	30.4	16.8
2053	30.5	17.1
2054	30.6	17.3
2055	30.7	17.6
2056	30.8	17.8
2057	30.8	18
2058	30.7	18.2
2059	30.7	18.4
2060	30.6	18.5
2061	30.5	18.7
2062	30.4	18.8
2063	30.4	19
2064	30.3	19.1
2065	30.2	19.3
2066	30.1	19.4
2067	30	19.6
2068	29.9	19.7
2069	29.8	19.9
2070	29.8	20
2071	29.7	20.2
2072	29.7	20.3
2073	29.7	20.5
2074	29.7	20.7
2075	29.7	20.9
2076	29.7	21.1
2077	29.7	21.3
2078	29.7	21.5
2079	29.7	21.7
2080	29.8	21.9
2081	29.9	22.1
2082	30	22.3
2083	30.1	22.4
2084	30.2	22.6
2085	30.3	22.7
2086	30.5	22.8
2087	30.6	22.9
2088	30.6	22.9
2089	30.7	23
2090	30.7	23.1
2091	30.8	23.2
2092	30.9	23.3
2093	30.9	23.3
2094	31	23.4
2095	31	23.5
2096	31.1	23.6
2097	31.1	23.7
2098	31.1	23.7
2099	31.2	23.8
2100	31.2	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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