People aged 65 and over in Serbia

People aged 65 and over in Serbia: 6.1% in 1950 and 22.3% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 22.3%
Since 1950: +16.2 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 13 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 35%; 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 35% in 2100.
The highest was 22.3% in 2023, the lowest 6.1% in 1952.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Serbia	World
2023	22.3	10
2022	22.1	9.8
2021	21.9	9.5
2020	21.6	9.3
2019	21.1	9.1
2018	20.5	8.9
2017	19.9	8.7
2016	19.4	8.5
2015	18.9	8.3
2014	18.4	8.1
2013	18	7.9
2012	17.6	7.8
2011	17.4	7.7
2010	17.4	7.6
2009	17.4	7.5
2008	17.4	7.5
2007	17.5	7.4
2006	17.4	7.3
2005	17.3	7.3
2004	17.2	7.2
2003	17	7.1
2002	16.7	7
2001	16.4	6.9
2000	16.1	6.8
1999	15.7	6.8
1998	15.2	6.7
1997	14.7	6.6
1996	14.2	6.5
1995	13.7	6.5
1994	13.2	6.4
1993	12.7	6.3
1992	12.2	6.2
1991	11.7	6.1
1990	11.3	6.1
1989	10.9	6
1988	10.5	6
1987	10.2	5.9
1986	9.9	5.9
1985	9.7	5.8
1984	9.6	5.8
1983	9.6	5.8
1982	9.9	5.8
1981	10.2	5.8
1980	10.4	5.8
1979	10.5	5.8
1978	10.5	5.7
1977	10.4	5.6
1976	10.2	5.6
1975	9.9	5.5
1974	9.6	5.5
1973	9.4	5.4
1972	9.2	5.4
1971	8.9	5.3
1970	8.7	5.3
1969	8.5	5.2
1968	8.3	5.2
1967	8	5.2
1966	7.7	5.1
1965	7.4	5.1
1964	7.2	5
1963	7	5
1962	6.8	5
1961	6.7	5
1960	6.6	5
1959	6.4	5
1958	6.3	5
1957	6.3	5
1956	6.2	5
1955	6.2	5
1954	6.1	5
1953	6.1	5
1952	6.1	5
1951	6.1	5
1950	6.1	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Serbia	World
2024	22.7	10.2
2025	23.1	10.4
2026	23.4	10.6
2027	23.7	10.8
2028	23.9	11.1
2029	24.1	11.5
2030	24.3	11.8
2031	24.5	12
2032	24.7	12.3
2033	24.8	12.6
2034	25	12.8
2035	25.2	13.1
2036	25.3	13.4
2037	25.5	13.7
2038	25.7	13.9
2039	25.9	14.1
2040	26.2	14.3
2041	26.5	14.5
2042	26.8	14.7
2043	27	14.9
2044	27.3	15
2045	27.6	15.2
2046	27.9	15.4
2047	28.2	15.7
2048	28.5	15.9
2049	28.8	16.1
2050	29.1	16.3
2051	29.3	16.6
2052	29.6	16.8
2053	29.8	17.1
2054	30	17.3
2055	30.2	17.6
2056	30.4	17.8
2057	30.6	18
2058	30.8	18.2
2059	30.9	18.4
2060	31.1	18.5
2061	31.3	18.7
2062	31.4	18.8
2063	31.5	19
2064	31.5	19.1
2065	31.6	19.3
2066	31.6	19.4
2067	31.7	19.6
2068	31.8	19.7
2069	31.9	19.9
2070	31.9	20
2071	32	20.2
2072	32	20.3
2073	32	20.5
2074	32.1	20.7
2075	32.1	20.9
2076	32.2	21.1
2077	32.3	21.3
2078	32.3	21.5
2079	32.4	21.7
2080	32.6	21.9
2081	32.7	22.1
2082	32.8	22.3
2083	33	22.4
2084	33.2	22.6
2085	33.3	22.7
2086	33.5	22.8
2087	33.6	22.9
2088	33.7	22.9
2089	33.9	23
2090	34	23.1
2091	34.1	23.2
2092	34.2	23.3
2093	34.3	23.3
2094	34.4	23.4
2095	34.5	23.5
2096	34.6	23.6
2097	34.7	23.7
2098	34.8	23.7
2099	34.9	23.8
2100	35	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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