People aged 65 and over in Poland

People aged 65 and over in Poland: 5.2% in 1950 and 19.6% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 19.6%
Since 1950: +14.3 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 39 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 39.1%; 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 39.1% in 2100.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Poland	World
2023	19.6	10
2022	19	9.8
2021	18.5	9.5
2020	18.1	9.3
2019	17.6	9.1
2018	17	8.9
2017	16.5	8.7
2016	15.9	8.5
2015	15.4	8.3
2014	14.9	8.1
2013	14.4	7.9
2012	14	7.8
2011	13.7	7.7
2010	13.6	7.6
2009	13.6	7.5
2008	13.5	7.5
2007	13.5	7.4
2006	13.4	7.3
2005	13.2	7.3
2004	13.1	7.2
2003	12.9	7.1
2002	12.7	7
2001	12.5	6.9
2000	12.2	6.8
1999	12	6.8
1998	11.8	6.7
1997	11.6	6.6
1996	11.4	6.5
1995	11.1	6.5
1994	10.9	6.4
1993	10.6	6.3
1992	10.5	6.2
1991	10.3	6.1
1990	10.1	6.1
1989	9.9	6
1988	9.7	6
1987	9.5	5.9
1986	9.4	5.9
1985	9.4	5.8
1984	9.5	5.8
1983	9.6	5.8
1982	9.8	5.8
1981	10	5.8
1980	10.1	5.8
1979	10.2	5.8
1978	10.1	5.7
1977	9.9	5.6
1976	9.7	5.6
1975	9.5	5.5
1974	9.3	5.5
1973	9	5.4
1972	8.8	5.4
1971	8.5	5.3
1970	8.2	5.3
1969	8	5.2
1968	7.7	5.2
1967	7.4	5.2
1966	7.1	5.1
1965	6.8	5.1
1964	6.6	5
1963	6.4	5
1962	6.2	5
1961	6	5
1960	5.8	5
1959	5.6	5
1958	5.5	5
1957	5.5	5
1956	5.5	5
1955	5.4	5
1954	5.4	5
1953	5.4	5
1952	5.3	5
1951	5.3	5
1950	5.2	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Poland	World
2024	20.1	10.2
2025	20.8	10.4
2026	21.3	10.6
2027	21.7	10.8
2028	22	11.1
2029	22.3	11.5
2030	22.5	11.8
2031	22.8	12
2032	23	12.3
2033	23.2	12.6
2034	23.5	12.8
2035	23.7	13.1
2036	24	13.4
2037	24.4	13.7
2038	24.8	13.9
2039	25.2	14.1
2040	25.6	14.3
2041	26.1	14.5
2042	26.7	14.7
2043	27.2	14.9
2044	27.8	15
2045	28.4	15.2
2046	29	15.4
2047	29.7	15.7
2048	30.4	15.9
2049	31.1	16.1
2050	31.8	16.3
2051	32.5	16.6
2052	33.1	16.8
2053	33.6	17.1
2054	34.2	17.3
2055	34.7	17.6
2056	35.1	17.8
2057	35.5	18
2058	35.9	18.2
2059	36.2	18.4
2060	36.5	18.5
2061	36.7	18.7
2062	36.9	18.8
2063	37	19
2064	37.1	19.1
2065	37.1	19.3
2066	37	19.4
2067	36.9	19.6
2068	36.8	19.7
2069	36.7	19.9
2070	36.6	20
2071	36.6	20.2
2072	36.7	20.3
2073	36.8	20.5
2074	36.9	20.7
2075	37.1	20.9
2076	37.3	21.1
2077	37.5	21.3
2078	37.6	21.5
2079	37.7	21.7
2080	37.9	21.9
2081	38	22.1
2082	38.2	22.3
2083	38.4	22.4
2084	38.6	22.6
2085	38.8	22.7
2086	38.9	22.8
2087	39	22.9
2088	39	22.9
2089	39.1	23
2090	39.1	23.1
2091	39.1	23.2
2092	39.1	23.3
2093	39.2	23.3
2094	39.1	23.4
2095	39.1	23.5
2096	39.1	23.6
2097	39.1	23.7
2098	39.1	23.7
2099	39.1	23.8
2100	39.1	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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