Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Kosovo

Share of population aged 65 and over in Kosovo in 2025 — 10.5%. Ranked 95 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 6.3 pp.

2025 10.5% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 95of 217
Period maximum 10.5%2025
Period minimum 3.9%1987

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Kosovo, 1960–20252468101219601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4.2%1962: 4.1%1964: 4%1966: 4%1968: 4.1%1970: 4.2%1972: 4.3%1974: 4.3%1976: 4.4%1978: 4.3%1980: 4.3%1982: 4.2%1984: 4.1%1986: 4%1988: 4%1990: 4.1%1992: 4.2%1994: 4.4%1996: 4.7%1998: 5.1%2000: 5.9%2002: 6.3%2004: 6.6%2006: 6.7%2008: 6.8%2010: 6.8%2012: 6.9%2014: 7.3%2016: 7.8%2018: 8.2%2020: 8.7%2022: 9.2%2024: 10.1%2025: 10.5%
Change over the period: +6.3 pp Annual average: 0.1 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Kosovo 10.5%
World 10.4%
Southern Europe computed 23.3%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Kosovo, by year Kosovo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 10.5 +0.4 pp
2024 10.1 +0.4 pp
2023 9.6 +0.4 pp
2022 9.2 +0.3 pp
2021 8.9 +0.2 pp
2020 8.7 +0.2 pp
2019 8.5 +0.3 pp
2018 8.2 +0.2 pp
2017 8 +0.2 pp
2016 7.8 +0.3 pp
2015 7.5 +0.3 pp
2014 7.3 +0.2 pp
2013 7.1 +0.1 pp
2012 6.9 +0.1 pp
2011 6.8 +0 pp
2010 6.8 −0 pp
2009 6.8 +0 pp
2008 6.8 +0 pp
2007 6.8 +0 pp
2006 6.7 +0.1 pp
2005 6.7 +0.1 pp
2004 6.6 +0.1 pp
2003 6.5 +0.2 pp
2002 6.3 +0.2 pp
2001 6.1 +0.2 pp
2000 5.9 +0.3 pp
1999 5.6 +0.5 pp
1998 5.1 +0.3 pp
1997 4.8 +0.1 pp
1996 4.7 +0.1 pp
1995 4.6 +0.1 pp
1994 4.4 +0.1 pp
1993 4.3 +0.1 pp
1992 4.2 +0 pp
1991 4.2 +0 pp
1990 4.1 +0.1 pp
1989 4.1 +0.1 pp
1988 4 +0 pp
1987 3.9 −0 pp
1986 4 −0 pp
1985 4 −0.1 pp
1984 4.1 −0 pp
1983 4.1 −0 pp
1982 4.2 −0 pp
1981 4.2 −0 pp
1980 4.3 −0 pp
1979 4.3 −0 pp
1978 4.3 −0 pp
1977 4.4 −0 pp
1976 4.4 +0 pp
1975 4.4 +0 pp
1974 4.3 +0 pp
1973 4.3 +0 pp
1972 4.3 +0 pp
1971 4.2 +0 pp
1970 4.2 +0.1 pp
1969 4.1 +0.1 pp
1968 4.1 +0 pp
1967 4 +0 pp
1966 4 +0 pp
1965 4 −0 pp
1964 4 −0 pp
1963 4.1 −0 pp
1962 4.1 −0.1 pp
1961 4.2 −0.1 pp
1960 4.2

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.