North Macedonia

People aged 65 and over in North Macedonia

People aged 65 and over in North Macedonia: 6.5% in 1950 and 17.5% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 17.5%
Since 1950: +11 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 50 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 37.8%; 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 37.8% in 2100.
The highest was 17.5% in 2023, the lowest 4.8% in 1963.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	North Macedonia	World
2023	17.5	10
2022	17.1	9.8
2021	16.7	9.5
2020	16.4	9.3
2019	15.8	9.1
2018	15.1	8.9
2017	14.5	8.7
2016	13.9	8.5
2015	13.4	8.3
2014	12.9	8.1
2013	12.5	7.9
2012	12.1	7.8
2011	11.8	7.7
2010	11.6	7.6
2009	11.4	7.5
2008	11.2	7.5
2007	11	7.4
2006	10.8	7.3
2005	10.6	7.3
2004	10.5	7.2
2003	10.3	7.1
2002	10.2	7
2001	10	6.9
2000	9.8	6.8
1999	9.5	6.8
1998	9.3	6.7
1997	9.1	6.6
1996	8.9	6.5
1995	8.7	6.5
1994	8.4	6.4
1993	8.1	6.3
1992	7.8	6.2
1991	7.4	6.1
1990	7.1	6.1
1989	6.9	6
1988	6.7	6
1987	6.6	5.9
1986	6.4	5.9
1985	6.3	5.8
1984	6.2	5.8
1983	6.2	5.8
1982	6.2	5.8
1981	6.2	5.8
1980	6.2	5.8
1979	6.2	5.8
1978	6.2	5.7
1977	6.1	5.6
1976	5.9	5.6
1975	5.8	5.5
1974	5.6	5.5
1973	5.5	5.4
1972	5.4	5.4
1971	5.3	5.3
1970	5.2	5.3
1969	5.2	5.2
1968	5.1	5.2
1967	5	5.2
1966	4.9	5.1
1965	4.9	5.1
1964	4.8	5
1963	4.8	5
1962	4.8	5
1961	4.8	5
1960	4.9	5
1959	5	5
1958	5.1	5
1957	5.2	5
1956	5.3	5
1955	5.4	5
1954	5.6	5
1953	5.7	5
1952	6	5
1951	6.2	5
1950	6.5	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	North Macedonia	World
2024	18	10.2
2025	18.5	10.4
2026	19	10.6
2027	19.4	10.8
2028	19.9	11.1
2029	20.3	11.5
2030	20.8	11.8
2031	21.2	12
2032	21.6	12.3
2033	22	12.6
2034	22.3	12.8
2035	22.6	13.1
2036	23	13.4
2037	23.3	13.7
2038	23.6	13.9
2039	23.9	14.1
2040	24.2	14.3
2041	24.6	14.5
2042	24.9	14.7
2043	25.2	14.9
2044	25.5	15
2045	25.9	15.2
2046	26.2	15.4
2047	26.6	15.7
2048	26.9	15.9
2049	27.3	16.1
2050	27.6	16.3
2051	27.9	16.6
2052	28.3	16.8
2053	28.6	17.1
2054	29	17.3
2055	29.3	17.6
2056	29.7	17.8
2057	30	18
2058	30.3	18.2
2059	30.6	18.4
2060	30.9	18.5
2061	31.2	18.7
2062	31.4	18.8
2063	31.6	19
2064	31.7	19.1
2065	31.9	19.3
2066	32.1	19.4
2067	32.2	19.6
2068	32.4	19.7
2069	32.5	19.9
2070	32.6	20
2071	32.7	20.2
2072	32.8	20.3
2073	32.9	20.5
2074	33.2	20.7
2075	33.4	20.9
2076	33.7	21.1
2077	34	21.3
2078	34.3	21.5
2079	34.7	21.7
2080	35.1	21.9
2081	35.5	22.1
2082	35.9	22.3
2083	36.2	22.4
2084	36.5	22.6
2085	36.7	22.7
2086	37	22.8
2087	37.2	22.9
2088	37.3	22.9
2089	37.4	23
2090	37.4	23.1
2091	37.5	23.2
2092	37.5	23.3
2093	37.6	23.3
2094	37.6	23.4
2095	37.6	23.5
2096	37.6	23.6
2097	37.7	23.7
2098	37.7	23.7
2099	37.7	23.8
2100	37.8	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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