People aged 65 and over in Romania

People aged 65 and over in Romania: 7.2% in 1950 and 19.8% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 19.8%
Since 1950: +12.5 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 37 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 32.8%; 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 32.8% in 2100.
The highest was 19.8% in 2023, the lowest 6.7% in 1956.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Romania	World
2023	19.8	10
2022	19.5	9.8
2021	19.3	9.5
2020	19	9.3
2019	18.6	9.1
2018	18.3	8.9
2017	17.9	8.7
2016	17.6	8.5
2015	17.2	8.3
2014	16.8	8.1
2013	16.5	7.9
2012	16.3	7.8
2011	16.1	7.7
2010	15.8	7.6
2009	15.6	7.5
2008	15.4	7.5
2007	15.3	7.4
2006	15.1	7.3
2005	14.9	7.3
2004	14.7	7.2
2003	14.4	7.1
2002	14.1	7
2001	13.8	6.9
2000	13.5	6.8
1999	13.2	6.8
1998	12.9	6.7
1997	12.7	6.6
1996	12.3	6.5
1995	12	6.5
1994	11.7	6.4
1993	11.4	6.3
1992	11.1	6.2
1991	10.8	6.1
1990	10.6	6.1
1989	10.4	6
1988	10.2	6
1987	10.1	5.9
1986	9.9	5.9
1985	9.8	5.8
1984	9.8	5.8
1983	9.9	5.8
1982	10.3	5.8
1981	10.5	5.8
1980	10.6	5.8
1979	10.6	5.8
1978	10.4	5.7
1977	10.1	5.6
1976	9.9	5.6
1975	9.7	5.5
1974	9.4	5.5
1973	9.2	5.4
1972	9	5.4
1971	8.8	5.3
1970	8.7	5.3
1969	8.5	5.2
1968	8.4	5.2
1967	8.2	5.2
1966	8	5.1
1965	7.8	5.1
1964	7.5	5
1963	7.3	5
1962	7.1	5
1961	7	5
1960	6.9	5
1959	6.8	5
1958	6.7	5
1957	6.7	5
1956	6.7	5
1955	6.7	5
1954	6.8	5
1953	6.9	5
1952	7	5
1951	7.1	5
1950	7.2	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Romania	World
2024	20	10.2
2025	20.1	10.4
2026	20.2	10.6
2027	20.3	10.8
2028	20.3	11.1
2029	20.4	11.5
2030	20.4	11.8
2031	20.4	12
2032	20.8	12.3
2033	21.6	12.6
2034	22.3	12.8
2035	22.9	13.1
2036	23.3	13.4
2037	23.7	13.7
2038	24.1	13.9
2039	24.5	14.1
2040	24.9	14.3
2041	25.3	14.5
2042	25.8	14.7
2043	26.2	14.9
2044	26.6	15
2045	27	15.2
2046	27.3	15.4
2047	27.5	15.7
2048	27.5	15.9
2049	27.6	16.1
2050	27.8	16.3
2051	28.1	16.6
2052	28.4	16.8
2053	28.8	17.1
2054	29.1	17.3
2055	29.3	17.6
2056	29.5	17.8
2057	29.5	18
2058	29.4	18.2
2059	29.4	18.4
2060	29.3	18.5
2061	29.2	18.7
2062	29.1	18.8
2063	29.1	19
2064	29	19.1
2065	28.9	19.3
2066	28.9	19.4
2067	28.8	19.6
2068	28.7	19.7
2069	28.7	19.9
2070	28.8	20
2071	28.9	20.2
2072	29	20.3
2073	29.2	20.5
2074	29.3	20.7
2075	29.5	20.9
2076	29.6	21.1
2077	29.7	21.3
2078	29.9	21.5
2079	30	21.7
2080	30.1	21.9
2081	30.3	22.1
2082	30.6	22.3
2083	30.8	22.4
2084	31	22.6
2085	31.2	22.7
2086	31.3	22.8
2087	31.4	22.9
2088	31.6	22.9
2089	31.7	23
2090	31.8	23.1
2091	31.9	23.2
2092	32	23.3
2093	32.1	23.3
2094	32.2	23.4
2095	32.3	23.5
2096	32.4	23.6
2097	32.5	23.7
2098	32.6	23.7
2099	32.7	23.8
2100	32.8	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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