People aged 65 and over in Hungary

People aged 65 and over in Hungary: 7.8% in 1950 and 20.8% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 20.8%
Since 1950: +13 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 25 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 29.9%; 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 29.9% in 2100.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Hungary	World
2023	20.8	10
2022	20.6	9.8
2021	20.4	9.5
2020	20.1	9.3
2019	19.6	9.1
2018	19.1	8.9
2017	18.8	8.7
2016	18.4	8.5
2015	18.1	8.3
2014	17.7	8.1
2013	17.3	7.9
2012	17	7.8
2011	16.7	7.7
2010	16.5	7.6
2009	16.3	7.5
2008	16.1	7.5
2007	15.9	7.4
2006	15.7	7.3
2005	15.5	7.3
2004	15.4	7.2
2003	15.3	7.1
2002	15.1	7
2001	15	6.9
2000	14.9	6.8
1999	14.8	6.8
1998	14.7	6.7
1997	14.5	6.6
1996	14.4	6.5
1995	14.2	6.5
1994	14	6.4
1993	13.9	6.3
1992	13.7	6.2
1991	13.6	6.1
1990	13.4	6.1
1989	13.2	6
1988	13.1	6
1987	12.8	5.9
1986	12.6	5.9
1985	12.4	5.8
1984	12.2	5.8
1983	12.4	5.8
1982	12.7	5.8
1981	13.1	5.8
1980	13.4	5.8
1979	13.4	5.8
1978	13.2	5.7
1977	13.1	5.6
1976	12.9	5.6
1975	12.7	5.5
1974	12.5	5.5
1973	12.2	5.4
1972	12	5.4
1971	11.7	5.3
1970	11.6	5.3
1969	11.4	5.2
1968	11.2	5.2
1967	10.9	5.2
1966	10.7	5.1
1965	10.4	5.1
1964	10.1	5
1963	9.8	5
1962	9.5	5
1961	9.3	5
1960	9	5
1959	8.9	5
1958	8.7	5
1957	8.5	5
1956	8.3	5
1955	8.2	5
1954	8.2	5
1953	8.1	5
1952	8	5
1951	7.9	5
1950	7.8	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Hungary	World
2024	21	10.2
2025	21.2	10.4
2026	21.3	10.6
2027	21.4	10.8
2028	21.4	11.1
2029	21.5	11.5
2030	21.5	11.8
2031	21.6	12
2032	21.8	12.3
2033	22.1	12.6
2034	22.4	12.8
2035	22.7	13.1
2036	22.9	13.4
2037	23.2	13.7
2038	23.5	13.9
2039	23.9	14.1
2040	24.5	14.3
2041	25.1	14.5
2042	25.6	14.7
2043	26.1	14.9
2044	26.5	15
2045	26.8	15.2
2046	27	15.4
2047	27.2	15.7
2048	27.3	15.9
2049	27.3	16.1
2050	27.4	16.3
2051	27.5	16.6
2052	27.6	16.8
2053	27.7	17.1
2054	27.8	17.3
2055	27.9	17.6
2056	28	17.8
2057	28.2	18
2058	28.3	18.2
2059	28.3	18.4
2060	28.4	18.5
2061	28.4	18.7
2062	28.3	18.8
2063	28.2	19
2064	28	19.1
2065	27.9	19.3
2066	27.7	19.4
2067	27.6	19.6
2068	27.5	19.7
2069	27.4	19.9
2070	27.3	20
2071	27.4	20.2
2072	27.4	20.3
2073	27.5	20.5
2074	27.5	20.7
2075	27.6	20.9
2076	27.6	21.1
2077	27.6	21.3
2078	27.6	21.5
2079	27.7	21.7
2080	27.8	21.9
2081	27.9	22.1
2082	28.1	22.3
2083	28.2	22.4
2084	28.3	22.6
2085	28.5	22.7
2086	28.7	22.8
2087	28.8	22.9
2088	28.9	22.9
2089	29	23
2090	29.1	23.1
2091	29.2	23.2
2092	29.3	23.3
2093	29.4	23.3
2094	29.5	23.4
2095	29.5	23.5
2096	29.6	23.6
2097	29.7	23.7
2098	29.7	23.7
2099	29.8	23.8
2100	29.9	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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