Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Eastern Europe

Share of population aged 65 and over in Eastern Europe in 2025 — 18.9%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 12.3 pp.

2025 18.9% +0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 18.9%2025
Period minimum 6.6%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Eastern Europe, 1960–20250510152019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.6%1962: 6.8%1964: 7.1%1966: 7.6%1968: 8%1970: 8.5%1972: 9%1974: 9.5%1976: 10%1978: 10.5%1980: 10.8%1982: 10.4%1984: 10.2%1986: 10.1%1988: 10.3%1990: 10.7%1992: 11.3%1994: 12%1996: 12.4%1998: 12.7%2000: 12.8%2002: 13.3%2004: 13.9%2006: 14.3%2008: 14.2%2010: 13.8%2012: 13.9%2014: 14.4%2016: 15.1%2018: 15.9%2020: 16.8%2022: 17.4%2024: 18.4%2025: 18.9%
Change over the period: +12.3 pp Annual average: 0.19 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Eastern Europe 18.9%
World 10.4%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 18.9 +0.5 pp
2024 18.4 +0.5 pp
2023 17.9 +0.5 pp
2022 17.4 +0.3 pp
2021 17.1 +0.3 pp
2020 16.8 +0.4 pp
2019 16.4 +0.4 pp
2018 15.9 +0.4 pp
2017 15.5 +0.4 pp
2016 15.1 +0.4 pp
2015 14.8 +0.4 pp
2014 14.4 +0.3 pp
2013 14.1 +0.2 pp
2012 13.9 +0.2 pp
2011 13.7 −0 pp
2010 13.8 −0.2 pp
2009 13.9 −0.2 pp
2008 14.2 −0.2 pp
2007 14.3 +0 pp
2006 14.3 +0.2 pp
2005 14.1 +0.2 pp
2004 13.9 +0.3 pp
2003 13.6 +0.3 pp
2002 13.3 +0.3 pp
2001 13 +0.2 pp
2000 12.8 +0.1 pp
1999 12.8 +0 pp
1998 12.7 +0.1 pp
1997 12.6 +0.2 pp
1996 12.4 +0.2 pp
1995 12.2 +0.3 pp
1994 12 +0.3 pp
1993 11.6 +0.3 pp
1992 11.3 +0.3 pp
1991 11 +0.3 pp
1990 10.7 +0.2 pp
1989 10.4 +0.2 pp
1988 10.3 +0.1 pp
1987 10.1 +0 pp
1986 10.1 −0 pp
1985 10.1 −0.1 pp
1984 10.2 −0.1 pp
1983 10.3 −0.2 pp
1982 10.4 −0.2 pp
1981 10.7 −0.1 pp
1980 10.8 +0.1 pp
1979 10.7 +0.2 pp
1978 10.5 +0.3 pp
1977 10.2 +0.3 pp
1976 10 +0.3 pp
1975 9.7 +0.3 pp
1974 9.5 +0.3 pp
1973 9.2 +0.2 pp
1972 9 +0.2 pp
1971 8.7 +0.2 pp
1970 8.5 +0.2 pp
1969 8.3 +0.2 pp
1968 8 +0.2 pp
1967 7.8 +0.2 pp
1966 7.6 +0.2 pp
1965 7.4 +0.2 pp
1964 7.1 +0.2 pp
1963 7 +0.1 pp
1962 6.8 +0.1 pp
1961 6.7 +0.1 pp
1960 6.6

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.