People aged 65 and over in Kosovo

People aged 65 and over in Kosovo: 5.5% in 1950 and 9.6% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 9.6%
Since 1950: +4.2 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 106 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 38.4%; 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 38.4% in 2100.
The highest was 9.6% in 2023, the lowest 3.9% in 1987.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Kosovo	World
2023	9.6	10
2022	9.2	9.8
2021	8.9	9.5
2020	8.7	9.3
2019	8.5	9.1
2018	8.2	8.9
2017	8	8.7
2016	7.8	8.5
2015	7.5	8.3
2014	7.3	8.1
2013	7.1	7.9
2012	6.9	7.8
2011	6.8	7.7
2010	6.8	7.6
2009	6.8	7.5
2008	6.8	7.5
2007	6.8	7.4
2006	6.7	7.3
2005	6.7	7.3
2004	6.6	7.2
2003	6.5	7.1
2002	6.3	7
2001	6.1	6.9
2000	5.9	6.8
1999	5.6	6.8
1998	5.1	6.7
1997	4.8	6.6
1996	4.7	6.5
1995	4.6	6.5
1994	4.4	6.4
1993	4.3	6.3
1992	4.2	6.2
1991	4.2	6.1
1990	4.1	6.1
1989	4.1	6
1988	4	6
1987	3.9	5.9
1986	4	5.9
1985	4	5.8
1984	4.1	5.8
1983	4.1	5.8
1982	4.2	5.8
1981	4.2	5.8
1980	4.3	5.8
1979	4.3	5.8
1978	4.3	5.7
1977	4.4	5.6
1976	4.4	5.6
1975	4.4	5.5
1974	4.3	5.5
1973	4.3	5.4
1972	4.3	5.4
1971	4.2	5.3
1970	4.2	5.3
1969	4.1	5.2
1968	4.1	5.2
1967	4	5.2
1966	4	5.1
1965	4	5.1
1964	4	5
1963	4.1	5
1962	4.1	5
1961	4.2	5
1960	4.2	5
1959	4.3	5
1958	4.5	5
1957	4.6	5
1956	4.7	5
1955	4.8	5
1954	4.8	5
1953	5	5
1952	5.1	5
1951	5.3	5
1950	5.5	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Kosovo	World
2024	10.1	10.2
2025	10.5	10.4
2026	11	10.6
2027	11.4	10.8
2028	11.8	11.1
2029	12.2	11.5
2030	12.7	11.8
2031	13.1	12
2032	13.6	12.3
2033	14	12.6
2034	14.5	12.8
2035	14.9	13.1
2036	15.4	13.4
2037	15.9	13.7
2038	16.4	13.9
2039	16.8	14.1
2040	17.3	14.3
2041	17.8	14.5
2042	18.3	14.7
2043	18.8	14.9
2044	19.2	15
2045	19.7	15.2
2046	20.1	15.4
2047	20.5	15.7
2048	21	15.9
2049	21.4	16.1
2050	21.9	16.3
2051	22.3	16.6
2052	22.8	16.8
2053	23.3	17.1
2054	23.8	17.3
2055	24.3	17.6
2056	24.8	17.8
2057	25.3	18
2058	25.8	18.2
2059	26.2	18.4
2060	26.6	18.5
2061	27	18.7
2062	27.4	18.8
2063	27.8	19
2064	28.2	19.1
2065	28.7	19.3
2066	29.4	19.4
2067	30	19.6
2068	30.6	19.7
2069	31.1	19.9
2070	31.6	20
2071	32.1	20.2
2072	32.6	20.3
2073	33.1	20.5
2074	33.7	20.7
2075	34.4	20.9
2076	35.1	21.1
2077	35.6	21.3
2078	36.2	21.5
2079	36.7	21.7
2080	37.1	21.9
2081	37.3	22.1
2082	37.5	22.3
2083	37.6	22.4
2084	37.7	22.6
2085	37.8	22.7
2086	37.9	22.8
2087	37.9	22.9
2088	38	22.9
2089	38	23
2090	38	23.1
2091	38	23.2
2092	38	23.3
2093	38	23.3
2094	38	23.4
2095	38	23.5
2096	38.1	23.6
2097	38.1	23.7
2098	38.2	23.7
2099	38.3	23.8
2100	38.4	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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