People aged 65 and over in Lithuania

People aged 65 and over in Lithuania: 7.5% in 1950 and 19.9% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 19.9%
Since 1950: +12.4 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 34 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 39.2%; 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 39.2% in 2100.
The highest was 20% in 2021, the lowest 7% in 1954.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Lithuania	World
2023	19.9	10
2022	19.9	9.8
2021	20	9.5
2020	19.9	9.3
2019	19.9	9.1
2018	19.7	8.9
2017	19.5	8.7
2016	19.2	8.5
2015	18.9	8.3
2014	18.6	8.1
2013	18.4	7.9
2012	18.2	7.8
2011	18	7.7
2010	17.6	7.6
2009	17.3	7.5
2008	17.1	7.5
2007	16.8	7.4
2006	16.5	7.3
2005	16.1	7.3
2004	15.6	7.2
2003	15.2	7.1
2002	14.7	7
2001	14.2	6.9
2000	13.8	6.8
1999	13.6	6.8
1998	13.3	6.7
1997	13	6.6
1996	12.6	6.5
1995	12.3	6.5
1994	12	6.4
1993	11.7	6.3
1992	11.4	6.2
1991	11.1	6.1
1990	10.9	6.1
1989	11	6
1988	10.9	6
1987	10.5	5.9
1986	10.4	5.9
1985	10.4	5.8
1984	10.5	5.8
1983	10.7	5.8
1982	10.9	5.8
1981	11.1	5.8
1980	11.3	5.8
1979	11.4	5.8
1978	11.4	5.7
1977	11.4	5.6
1976	11.4	5.6
1975	11.3	5.5
1974	11.2	5.5
1973	11	5.4
1972	10.7	5.4
1971	10.4	5.3
1970	10.1	5.3
1969	9.9	5.2
1968	9.7	5.2
1967	9.4	5.2
1966	9.2	5.1
1965	8.9	5.1
1964	8.7	5
1963	8.4	5
1962	8.2	5
1961	8.1	5
1960	7.9	5
1959	7.6	5
1958	7.3	5
1957	7.2	5
1956	7.1	5
1955	7	5
1954	7	5
1953	7.1	5
1952	7.1	5
1951	7.3	5
1950	7.5	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Lithuania	World
2024	20.2	10.2
2025	20.7	10.4
2026	21.3	10.6
2027	21.8	10.8
2028	22.3	11.1
2029	22.7	11.5
2030	23.1	11.8
2031	23.5	12
2032	23.8	12.3
2033	24.2	12.6
2034	24.6	12.8
2035	24.9	13.1
2036	25.3	13.4
2037	25.7	13.7
2038	26	13.9
2039	26.3	14.1
2040	26.6	14.3
2041	26.8	14.5
2042	27	14.7
2043	27.2	14.9
2044	27.4	15
2045	27.5	15.2
2046	27.7	15.4
2047	27.8	15.7
2048	28	15.9
2049	28.3	16.1
2050	28.6	16.3
2051	29	16.6
2052	29.4	16.8
2053	29.8	17.1
2054	30.3	17.3
2055	30.7	17.6
2056	31.3	17.8
2057	31.9	18
2058	32.4	18.2
2059	32.9	18.4
2060	33.3	18.5
2061	33.7	18.7
2062	34	18.8
2063	34.4	19
2064	34.7	19.1
2065	35.1	19.3
2066	35.3	19.4
2067	35.5	19.6
2068	35.6	19.7
2069	35.7	19.9
2070	35.8	20
2071	35.9	20.2
2072	35.9	20.3
2073	36	20.5
2074	36.2	20.7
2075	36.4	20.9
2076	36.6	21.1
2077	36.8	21.3
2078	37	21.5
2079	37.2	21.7
2080	37.5	21.9
2081	37.9	22.1
2082	38.2	22.3
2083	38.6	22.4
2084	38.9	22.6
2085	39.1	22.7
2086	39.2	22.8
2087	39.3	22.9
2088	39.2	22.9
2089	39.2	23
2090	39.2	23.1
2091	39.2	23.2
2092	39.2	23.3
2093	39.2	23.3
2094	39.2	23.4
2095	39.2	23.5
2096	39.2	23.6
2097	39.2	23.7
2098	39.2	23.7
2099	39.2	23.8
2100	39.2	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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