Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Share of population aged 65 and over in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2025 — 22.9%. Ranked 15 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 19.4 pp.

2025 22.9% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 15of 217
Period maximum 22.9%2025
Period minimum 3.5%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1960–2025010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3.5%1962: 3.5%1964: 3.6%1966: 3.9%1968: 4.3%1970: 4.7%1972: 5%1974: 5.3%1976: 5.6%1978: 6%1980: 6.1%1982: 5.9%1984: 5.8%1986: 5.9%1988: 6.1%1990: 6.6%1992: 7.4%1994: 8.8%1996: 9.5%1998: 10.1%2000: 11%2002: 11.9%2004: 13%2006: 13.9%2008: 14.5%2010: 15.1%2012: 15.9%2014: 16.8%2016: 17.8%2018: 19%2020: 20.2%2022: 21.1%2024: 22.2%2025: 22.9%
Change over the period: +19.4 pp Annual average: 0.3 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina 22.9%
World 10.4%
Southern Europe computed 23.3%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Bosnia and Herzegovina, by year Bosnia and Herzegovina All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 22.9 +0.6 pp
2024 22.2 +0.6 pp
2023 21.6 +0.5 pp
2022 21.1 +0.4 pp
2021 20.7 +0.4 pp
2020 20.2 +0.6 pp
2019 19.6 +0.7 pp
2018 19 +0.6 pp
2017 18.3 +0.6 pp
2016 17.8 +0.5 pp
2015 17.3 +0.5 pp
2014 16.8 +0.5 pp
2013 16.3 +0.5 pp
2012 15.9 +0.4 pp
2011 15.5 +0.3 pp
2010 15.1 +0.3 pp
2009 14.8 +0.3 pp
2008 14.5 +0.3 pp
2007 14.2 +0.3 pp
2006 13.9 +0.4 pp
2005 13.5 +0.5 pp
2004 13 +0.5 pp
2003 12.4 +0.5 pp
2002 11.9 +0.5 pp
2001 11.4 +0.5 pp
2000 11 +0.5 pp
1999 10.5 +0.4 pp
1998 10.1 +0.4 pp
1997 9.7 +0.2 pp
1996 9.5 +0.2 pp
1995 9.3 +0.5 pp
1994 8.8 +0.7 pp
1993 8.1 +0.7 pp
1992 7.4 +0.5 pp
1991 6.9 +0.3 pp
1990 6.6 +0.2 pp
1989 6.3 +0.2 pp
1988 6.1 +0.1 pp
1987 6 +0.1 pp
1986 5.9 +0.1 pp
1985 5.8 +0 pp
1984 5.8 −0.1 pp
1983 5.8 −0.1 pp
1982 5.9 −0.1 pp
1981 6.1 −0 pp
1980 6.1 +0 pp
1979 6.1 +0.1 pp
1978 6 +0.1 pp
1977 5.8 +0.2 pp
1976 5.6 +0.2 pp
1975 5.5 +0.2 pp
1974 5.3 +0.2 pp
1973 5.1 +0.1 pp
1972 5 +0.1 pp
1971 4.8 +0.2 pp
1970 4.7 +0.2 pp
1969 4.5 +0.2 pp
1968 4.3 +0.2 pp
1967 4.1 +0.2 pp
1966 3.9 +0.2 pp
1965 3.8 +0.2 pp
1964 3.6 +0.1 pp
1963 3.5 +0 pp
1962 3.5 −0 pp
1961 3.5 +0 pp
1960 3.5

About the indicator

The share of population aged 65 and over. The international threshold for an old population is 7%, for a very old one 14%. The indicator directly determines the load on the pension system and health care, which is why demographic projections use it more often than median age.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.