People aged 65 and over in Montenegro

People aged 65 and over in Montenegro: 7.8% in 1950 and 17.5% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 17.5%
Since 1950: +9.6 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 51 of 229; counting from the highest
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.
The highest was 17.5% in 2023, the lowest 6.4% in 1963.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Montenegro	World
2023	17.5	10
2022	17.2	9.8
2021	16.9	9.5
2020	16.6	9.3
2019	16.2	9.1
2018	15.7	8.9
2017	15.2	8.7
2016	14.8	8.5
2015	14.4	8.3
2014	14	8.1
2013	13.7	7.9
2012	13.5	7.8
2011	13.3	7.7
2010	13.3	7.6
2009	13.4	7.5
2008	13.3	7.5
2007	13.3	7.4
2006	13.1	7.3
2005	12.9	7.3
2004	12.6	7.2
2003	12.2	7.1
2002	11.8	7
2001	11.5	6.9
2000	11.1	6.8
1999	10.8	6.8
1998	10.4	6.7
1997	10.1	6.6
1996	9.8	6.5
1995	9.5	6.5
1994	9.2	6.4
1993	8.9	6.3
1992	8.5	6.2
1991	8.3	6.1
1990	8	6.1
1989	7.8	6
1988	7.7	6
1987	7.5	5.9
1986	7.5	5.9
1985	7.4	5.8
1984	7.4	5.8
1983	7.5	5.8
1982	7.6	5.8
1981	7.8	5.8
1980	7.9	5.8
1979	8	5.8
1978	8	5.7
1977	7.9	5.6
1976	7.7	5.6
1975	7.5	5.5
1974	7.3	5.5
1973	7.2	5.4
1972	7.2	5.4
1971	7.1	5.3
1970	7	5.3
1969	6.9	5.2
1968	6.8	5.2
1967	6.8	5.2
1966	6.7	5.1
1965	6.5	5.1
1964	6.5	5
1963	6.4	5
1962	6.5	5
1961	6.5	5
1960	6.5	5
1959	6.6	5
1958	6.7	5
1957	6.8	5
1956	6.9	5
1955	7	5
1954	7.1	5
1953	7.2	5
1952	7.4	5
1951	7.6	5
1950	7.8	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Montenegro	World
2024	17.8	10.2
2025	18.3	10.4
2026	18.8	10.6
2027	19.2	10.8
2028	19.6	11.1
2029	19.9	11.5
2030	20.3	11.8
2031	20.6	12
2032	20.9	12.3
2033	21.2	12.6
2034	21.5	12.8
2035	21.7	13.1
2036	22	13.4
2037	22.3	13.7
2038	22.5	13.9
2039	22.8	14.1
2040	23.1	14.3
2041	23.4	14.5
2042	23.7	14.7
2043	24.1	14.9
2044	24.4	15
2045	24.8	15.2
2046	25.1	15.4
2047	25.5	15.7
2048	25.9	15.9
2049	26.3	16.1
2050	26.7	16.3
2051	27	16.6
2052	27.3	16.8
2053	27.5	17.1
2054	27.7	17.3
2055	27.9	17.6
2056	28	17.8
2057	28.2	18
2058	28.4	18.2
2059	28.6	18.4
2060	28.8	18.5
2061	28.9	18.7
2062	29.1	18.8
2063	29.2	19
2064	29.3	19.1
2065	29.4	19.3
2066	29.6	19.4
2067	29.8	19.6
2068	29.9	19.7
2069	30	19.9
2070	30.1	20
2071	30.2	20.2
2072	30.3	20.3
2073	30.5	20.5
2074	30.8	20.7
2075	31.1	20.9
2076	31.3	21.1
2077	31.6	21.3
2078	31.9	21.5
2079	32.1	21.7
2080	32.4	21.9
2081	32.7	22.1
2082	33	22.3
2083	33.3	22.4
2084	33.5	22.6
2085	33.8	22.7
2086	34	22.8
2087	34.3	22.9
2088	34.5	22.9
2089	34.7	23
2090	34.8	23.1
2091	35	23.2
2092	35.2	23.3
2093	35.3	23.3
2094	35.4	23.4
2095	35.6	23.5
2096	35.7	23.6
2097	35.8	23.7
2098	35.9	23.7
2099	36	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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