People aged 65 and over in Norway

People aged 65 and over in Norway: 9.6% in 1950 and 18.5% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 18.5%
Since 1950: +9 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 45 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 33.1%; 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 33.1% in 2100.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Norway	World
2023	18.5	10
2022	18.3	9.8
2021	18.1	9.5
2020	17.7	9.3
2019	17.4	9.1
2018	17.1	8.9
2017	16.8	8.7
2016	16.5	8.5
2015	16.3	8.3
2014	16	8.1
2013	15.8	7.9
2012	15.5	7.8
2011	15.2	7.7
2010	15	7.6
2009	14.8	7.5
2008	14.7	7.5
2007	14.6	7.4
2006	14.7	7.3
2005	14.7	7.3
2004	14.7	7.2
2003	14.8	7.1
2002	14.9	7
2001	15	6.9
2000	15.2	6.8
1999	15.4	6.8
1998	15.6	6.7
1997	15.7	6.6
1996	15.8	6.5
1995	15.9	6.5
1994	16	6.4
1993	16.1	6.3
1992	16.2	6.2
1991	16.3	6.1
1990	16.3	6.1
1989	16.3	6
1988	16.2	6
1987	16.1	5.9
1986	16	5.9
1985	15.7	5.8
1984	15.5	5.8
1983	15.4	5.8
1982	15.1	5.8
1981	14.9	5.8
1980	14.8	5.8
1979	14.6	5.8
1978	14.4	5.7
1977	14.1	5.6
1976	13.9	5.6
1975	13.7	5.5
1974	13.5	5.5
1973	13.3	5.4
1972	13.2	5.4
1971	13	5.3
1970	12.9	5.3
1969	12.7	5.2
1968	12.6	5.2
1967	12.4	5.2
1966	12.2	5.1
1965	12	5.1
1964	11.8	5
1963	11.6	5
1962	11.4	5
1961	11.2	5
1960	11	5
1959	10.8	5
1958	10.7	5
1957	10.5	5
1956	10.3	5
1955	10.2	5
1954	10.1	5
1953	9.9	5
1952	9.8	5
1951	9.7	5
1950	9.6	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Norway	World
2024	18.8	10.2
2025	19.1	10.4
2026	19.4	10.6
2027	19.8	10.8
2028	20.1	11.1
2029	20.5	11.5
2030	21	11.8
2031	21.4	12
2032	21.8	12.3
2033	22.2	12.6
2034	22.6	12.8
2035	23	13.1
2036	23.4	13.4
2037	23.8	13.7
2038	24.1	13.9
2039	24.5	14.1
2040	24.7	14.3
2041	25	14.5
2042	25.2	14.7
2043	25.3	14.9
2044	25.5	15
2045	25.8	15.2
2046	26	15.4
2047	26.2	15.7
2048	26.4	15.9
2049	26.6	16.1
2050	26.8	16.3
2051	27.1	16.6
2052	27.3	16.8
2053	27.6	17.1
2054	27.9	17.3
2055	28.1	17.6
2056	28.4	17.8
2057	28.7	18
2058	28.9	18.2
2059	29.2	18.4
2060	29.3	18.5
2061	29.5	18.7
2062	29.7	18.8
2063	29.8	19
2064	29.9	19.1
2065	30.1	19.3
2066	30.2	19.4
2067	30.2	19.6
2068	30.3	19.7
2069	30.5	19.9
2070	30.6	20
2071	30.8	20.2
2072	31	20.3
2073	31.2	20.5
2074	31.4	20.7
2075	31.6	20.9
2076	31.8	21.1
2077	31.9	21.3
2078	32.1	21.5
2079	32.2	21.7
2080	32.3	21.9
2081	32.4	22.1
2082	32.5	22.3
2083	32.6	22.4
2084	32.6	22.6
2085	32.7	22.7
2086	32.7	22.8
2087	32.8	22.9
2088	32.8	22.9
2089	32.8	23
2090	32.8	23.1
2091	32.9	23.2
2092	32.9	23.3
2093	32.9	23.3
2094	32.9	23.4
2095	33	23.5
2096	33	23.6
2097	33	23.7
2098	33	23.7
2099	33.1	23.8
2100	33.1	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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