People aged 65 and over in Greece

People aged 65 and over in Greece: 6.8% in 1950 and 23.5% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 23.5%
Since 1950: +16.7 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 9 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	Greece	World
2023	23.5	10
2022	23.2	9.8
2021	22.8	9.5
2020	22.4	9.3
2019	22.1	9.1
2018	21.9	8.9
2017	21.7	8.7
2016	21.4	8.5
2015	21.1	8.3
2014	20.7	8.1
2013	20.3	7.9
2012	19.9	7.8
2011	19.5	7.7
2010	19.2	7.6
2009	18.9	7.5
2008	18.7	7.5
2007	18.6	7.4
2006	18.5	7.3
2005	18.3	7.3
2004	18.1	7.2
2003	17.8	7.1
2002	17.5	7
2001	17.3	6.9
2000	17	6.8
1999	16.8	6.8
1998	16.5	6.7
1997	16.2	6.6
1996	15.9	6.5
1995	15.5	6.5
1994	15.2	6.4
1993	14.8	6.3
1992	14.4	6.2
1991	14.1	6.1
1990	13.6	6.1
1989	13.3	6
1988	13.2	6
1987	13.1	5.9
1986	13	5.9
1985	12.8	5.8
1984	12.8	5.8
1983	12.8	5.8
1982	12.8	5.8
1981	12.7	5.8
1980	12.8	5.8
1979	12.9	5.8
1978	12.7	5.7
1977	12.4	5.6
1976	12.2	5.6
1975	12	5.5
1974	11.7	5.5
1973	11.3	5.4
1972	11	5.4
1971	10.7	5.3
1970	10.6	5.3
1969	9.7	5.2
1968	9.4	5.2
1967	9.1	5.2
1966	8.9	5.1
1965	8.6	5.1
1964	7.8	5
1963	7.7	5
1962	7.7	5
1961	7.5	5
1960	7.2	5
1959	7.1	5
1958	7	5
1957	7	5
1956	7	5
1955	6.9	5
1954	6.9	5
1953	6.8	5
1952	6.8	5
1951	6.8	5
1950	6.8	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Greece	World
2024	23.9	10.2
2025	24.4	10.4
2026	24.7	10.6
2027	25.1	10.8
2028	25.4	11.1
2029	25.7	11.5
2030	26.1	11.8
2031	26.5	12
2032	27	12.3
2033	27.5	12.6
2034	28.1	12.8
2035	28.6	13.1
2036	29.1	13.4
2037	29.6	13.7
2038	30.1	13.9
2039	30.5	14.1
2040	31	14.3
2041	31.5	14.5
2042	31.9	14.7
2043	32.4	14.9
2044	32.8	15
2045	33.3	15.2
2046	33.7	15.4
2047	34	15.7
2048	34.3	15.9
2049	34.5	16.1
2050	34.6	16.3
2051	34.7	16.6
2052	34.7	16.8
2053	34.6	17.1
2054	34.6	17.3
2055	34.6	17.6
2056	34.5	17.8
2057	34.4	18
2058	34.3	18.2
2059	34.1	18.4
2060	34	18.5
2061	33.8	18.7
2062	33.6	18.8
2063	33.5	19
2064	33.3	19.1
2065	33.2	19.3
2066	33.1	19.4
2067	33	19.6
2068	33	19.7
2069	33	19.9
2070	33	20
2071	33.1	20.2
2072	33.3	20.3
2073	33.5	20.5
2074	33.8	20.7
2075	34	20.9
2076	34.3	21.1
2077	34.5	21.3
2078	34.7	21.5
2079	34.8	21.7
2080	35	21.9
2081	35.2	22.1
2082	35.4	22.3
2083	35.5	22.4
2084	35.6	22.6
2085	35.7	22.7
2086	35.8	22.8
2087	35.9	22.9
2088	35.9	22.9
2089	35.9	23
2090	35.9	23.1
2091	35.9	23.2
2092	35.9	23.3
2093	35.9	23.3
2094	35.9	23.4
2095	35.9	23.5
2096	35.9	23.6
2097	35.9	23.7
2098	35.9	23.7
2099	35.9	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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