People aged 65 and over in Russia

People aged 65 and over in Russia: 5.1% in 1950 and 16.6% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 16.6%
Since 1950: +11.5 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 58 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 26.7%; 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 26.7% in 2100.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Russia	World
2023	16.6	10
2022	16.1	9.8
2021	15.7	9.5
2020	15.5	9.3
2019	15.1	9.1
2018	14.6	8.9
2017	14.2	8.7
2016	13.9	8.5
2015	13.5	8.3
2014	13.2	8.1
2013	12.9	7.9
2012	12.7	7.8
2011	12.6	7.7
2010	12.7	7.6
2009	13.1	7.5
2008	13.5	7.5
2007	13.9	7.4
2006	13.9	7.3
2005	13.7	7.3
2004	13.5	7.2
2003	13.1	7.1
2002	12.8	7
2001	12.5	6.9
2000	12.3	6.8
1999	12.3	6.8
1998	12.4	6.7
1997	12.3	6.6
1996	12.1	6.5
1995	11.9	6.5
1994	11.6	6.4
1993	11.3	6.3
1992	10.8	6.2
1991	10.4	6.1
1990	10	6.1
1989	9.7	6
1988	9.5	6
1987	9.5	5.9
1986	9.5	5.9
1985	9.6	5.8
1984	9.7	5.8
1983	9.8	5.8
1982	9.9	5.8
1981	10.1	5.8
1980	10.2	5.8
1979	10	5.8
1978	9.8	5.7
1977	9.5	5.6
1976	9.2	5.6
1975	8.9	5.5
1974	8.7	5.5
1973	8.4	5.4
1972	8.1	5.4
1971	7.9	5.3
1970	7.7	5.3
1969	7.5	5.2
1968	7.2	5.2
1967	7	5.2
1966	6.8	5.1
1965	6.6	5.1
1964	6.4	5
1963	6.3	5
1962	6.2	5
1961	6.1	5
1960	6	5
1959	5.9	5
1958	5.7	5
1957	5.6	5
1956	5.5	5
1955	5.4	5
1954	5.4	5
1953	5.3	5
1952	5.2	5
1951	5.2	5
1950	5.1	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Russia	World
2024	17.2	10.2
2025	17.8	10.4
2026	18.4	10.6
2027	18.8	10.8
2028	19.2	11.1
2029	19.5	11.5
2030	19.8	11.8
2031	20	12
2032	20.1	12.3
2033	20.2	12.6
2034	20.3	12.8
2035	20.4	13.1
2036	20.6	13.4
2037	20.8	13.7
2038	20.9	13.9
2039	21.1	14.1
2040	21.3	14.3
2041	21.5	14.5
2042	21.7	14.7
2043	21.9	14.9
2044	22.1	15
2045	22.4	15.2
2046	22.6	15.4
2047	22.8	15.7
2048	23.1	15.9
2049	23.5	16.1
2050	23.8	16.3
2051	24.3	16.6
2052	24.7	16.8
2053	25.1	17.1
2054	25.5	17.3
2055	25.8	17.6
2056	26	17.8
2057	26.1	18
2058	26	18.2
2059	25.9	18.4
2060	25.7	18.5
2061	25.5	18.7
2062	25.3	18.8
2063	25	19
2064	24.7	19.1
2065	24.4	19.3
2066	24.2	19.4
2067	24	19.6
2068	23.8	19.7
2069	23.7	19.9
2070	23.7	20
2071	23.6	20.2
2072	23.6	20.3
2073	23.7	20.5
2074	23.8	20.7
2075	23.9	20.9
2076	24	21.1
2077	24.3	21.3
2078	24.6	21.5
2079	24.9	21.7
2080	25.2	21.9
2081	25.6	22.1
2082	25.9	22.3
2083	26.1	22.4
2084	26.2	22.6
2085	26.3	22.7
2086	26.4	22.8
2087	26.5	22.9
2088	26.5	22.9
2089	26.6	23
2090	26.6	23.1
2091	26.6	23.2
2092	26.6	23.3
2093	26.6	23.3
2094	26.6	23.4
2095	26.6	23.5
2096	26.6	23.6
2097	26.6	23.7
2098	26.6	23.7
2099	26.6	23.8
2100	26.7	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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