People aged 65 and over in Ukraine

People aged 65 and over in Ukraine: 7.6% in 1950 and 18.6% in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 18.6%
Since 1950: +11 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 44 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 10%
Projected, 2100: 41.8%; 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 41.8% in 2100.
The highest was 18.6% in 2023, the lowest 7.2% in 1959.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Ukraine	World
2023	18.6	10
2022	17.9	9.8
2021	17.4	9.5
2020	17.1	9.3
2019	16.7	9.1
2018	16.4	8.9
2017	16	8.7
2016	15.5	8.5
2015	15.2	8.3
2014	14.8	8.1
2013	14.6	7.9
2012	14.6	7.8
2011	14.6	7.7
2010	14.9	7.6
2009	15.2	7.5
2008	15.4	7.5
2007	15.6	7.4
2006	15.5	7.3
2005	15.3	7.3
2004	15.1	7.2
2003	14.6	7.1
2002	14.1	7
2001	13.7	6.9
2000	13.4	6.8
1999	13.4	6.8
1998	13.6	6.7
1997	13.6	6.6
1996	13.4	6.5
1995	13.3	6.5
1994	13.1	6.4
1993	12.7	6.3
1992	12.5	6.2
1991	12.3	6.1
1990	12	6.1
1989	11.8	6
1988	11.6	6
1987	11.5	5.9
1986	11.4	5.9
1985	11.4	5.8
1984	11.4	5.8
1983	11.4	5.8
1982	11.6	5.8
1981	11.8	5.8
1980	11.9	5.8
1979	11.8	5.8
1978	11.6	5.7
1977	11.3	5.6
1976	10.9	5.6
1975	10.6	5.5
1974	10.3	5.5
1973	10	5.4
1972	9.7	5.4
1971	9.4	5.3
1970	9.2	5.3
1969	9	5.2
1968	8.7	5.2
1967	8.5	5.2
1966	8.3	5.1
1965	8	5.1
1964	7.8	5
1963	7.6	5
1962	7.5	5
1961	7.4	5
1960	7.3	5
1959	7.2	5
1958	7.2	5
1957	7.3	5
1956	7.3	5
1955	7.3	5
1954	7.3	5
1953	7.4	5
1952	7.4	5
1951	7.5	5
1950	7.6	5.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Ukraine	World
2024	19	10.2
2025	19	10.4
2026	19.1	10.6
2027	19.7	10.8
2028	20.2	11.1
2029	20.7	11.5
2030	21.1	11.8
2031	21.5	12
2032	21.8	12.3
2033	22	12.6
2034	22.3	12.8
2035	22.8	13.1
2036	23.1	13.4
2037	23.3	13.7
2038	23.5	13.9
2039	23.8	14.1
2040	24.1	14.3
2041	24.5	14.5
2042	24.8	14.7
2043	25.2	14.9
2044	25.6	15
2045	26	15.2
2046	26.6	15.4
2047	27.1	15.7
2048	27.7	15.9
2049	28.4	16.1
2050	29.1	16.3
2051	29.8	16.6
2052	30.6	16.8
2053	31.4	17.1
2054	32.1	17.3
2055	32.7	17.6
2056	33.3	17.8
2057	33.8	18
2058	34.3	18.2
2059	34.7	18.4
2060	35	18.5
2061	35.4	18.7
2062	35.7	18.8
2063	35.9	19
2064	36.1	19.1
2065	36.3	19.3
2066	36.5	19.4
2067	36.7	19.6
2068	36.8	19.7
2069	37.1	19.9
2070	37.3	20
2071	37.5	20.2
2072	37.8	20.3
2073	38.2	20.5
2074	38.6	20.7
2075	39	20.9
2076	39.4	21.1
2077	39.9	21.3
2078	40.4	21.5
2079	40.9	21.7
2080	41.3	21.9
2081	41.7	22.1
2082	42	22.3
2083	42.2	22.4
2084	42.4	22.6
2085	42.6	22.7
2086	42.7	22.8
2087	42.7	22.9
2088	42.6	22.9
2089	42.5	23
2090	42.5	23.1
2091	42.4	23.2
2092	42.3	23.3
2093	42.2	23.3
2094	42.1	23.4
2095	42	23.5
2096	41.9	23.6
2097	41.9	23.7
2098	41.8	23.7
2099	41.8	23.8
2100	41.8	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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