People aged 65 and over in Latvia

People aged 65 and over in Latvia: 10.1% in 1950 and 21.3% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 21.3%
Since 1950: +11.2 percentage points
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 36.1%; 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 36.1% in 2100.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Latvia	World
2023	21.3	10
2022	21	9.8
2021	20.9	9.5
2020	20.7	9.3
2019	20.4	9.1
2018	20.2	8.9
2017	20	8.7
2016	19.8	8.5
2015	19.5	8.3
2014	19.2	8.1
2013	18.9	7.9
2012	18.7	7.8
2011	18.5	7.7
2010	18.3	7.6
2009	18	7.5
2008	17.7	7.5
2007	17.5	7.4
2006	17.2	7.3
2005	16.9	7.3
2004	16.5	7.2
2003	16.1	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	14	6.5
1995	13.6	6.5
1994	13.3	6.4
1993	13	6.3
1992	12.6	6.2
1991	12	6.1
1990	11.7	6.1
1989	11.7	6
1988	11.7	6
1987	11.6	5.9
1986	11.6	5.9
1985	11.7	5.8
1984	11.9	5.8
1983	12.1	5.8
1982	12.4	5.8
1981	12.7	5.8
1980	12.9	5.8
1979	13	5.8
1978	13	5.7
1977	12.9	5.6
1976	12.9	5.6
1975	12.8	5.5
1974	12.7	5.5
1973	12.5	5.4
1972	12.4	5.4
1971	12.2	5.3
1970	12	5.3
1969	11.9	5.2
1968	11.6	5.2
1967	11.4	5.2
1966	11.2	5.1
1965	11	5.1
1964	10.8	5
1963	10.7	5
1962	10.7	5
1961	10.7	5
1960	10.6	5
1959	10.6	5
1958	10.5	5
1957	10.5	5
1956	10.4	5
1955	10.4	5
1954	10.3	5
1953	10.3	5
1952	10.2	5
1951	10.2	5
1950	10.1	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Latvia	World
2024	21.7	10.2
2025	22.2	10.4
2026	22.7	10.6
2027	23.1	10.8
2028	23.4	11.1
2029	23.7	11.5
2030	24	11.8
2031	24.2	12
2032	24.5	12.3
2033	24.7	12.6
2034	25	12.8
2035	25.3	13.1
2036	25.6	13.4
2037	25.9	13.7
2038	26.1	13.9
2039	26.4	14.1
2040	26.6	14.3
2041	26.9	14.5
2042	27.1	14.7
2043	27.2	14.9
2044	27.4	15
2045	27.5	15.2
2046	27.7	15.4
2047	27.9	15.7
2048	28.2	15.9
2049	28.6	16.1
2050	29	16.3
2051	29.3	16.6
2052	29.8	16.8
2053	30.2	17.1
2054	30.6	17.3
2055	31	17.6
2056	31.4	17.8
2057	31.7	18
2058	31.9	18.2
2059	31.9	18.4
2060	31.9	18.5
2061	31.8	18.7
2062	31.7	18.8
2063	31.5	19
2064	31.4	19.1
2065	31.4	19.3
2066	31.3	19.4
2067	31.3	19.6
2068	31.3	19.7
2069	31.3	19.9
2070	31.4	20
2071	31.5	20.2
2072	31.8	20.3
2073	32.1	20.5
2074	32.3	20.7
2075	32.5	20.9
2076	32.6	21.1
2077	32.8	21.3
2078	33.1	21.5
2079	33.5	21.7
2080	34	21.9
2081	34.5	22.1
2082	35	22.3
2083	35.4	22.4
2084	35.7	22.6
2085	36	22.7
2086	36.2	22.8
2087	36.4	22.9
2088	36.5	22.9
2089	36.5	23
2090	36.5	23.1
2091	36.5	23.2
2092	36.5	23.3
2093	36.4	23.3
2094	36.4	23.4
2095	36.4	23.5
2096	36.3	23.6
2097	36.3	23.7
2098	36.2	23.7
2099	36.2	23.8
2100	36.1	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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