Population aged 65 and over in Albania
21.2% of people in Albania were aged 65 or over on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2002.
Albania, 2025
21.2%
Change from 2023
+4.7percentage points
European Union, 2025
22.0%ep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2025
13th of 40
Population aged 65 and over in Albania over time
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% of total population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Albania | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21.2% | 22.0%ep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | – | 21.6%ep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 16.5% | 21.3%bep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 15.7% | 21.1%ep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 15.2% | 20.9%bep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 14.8% | 20.6%e (estimated) |
| 2019 | 14.1% | 20.3% |
| 2018 | 13.6% | 20.0%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 13.1% | 19.7%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 12.8% | 19.4%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 12.4% | 19.1%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 12.0% | 18.7%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 11.6% | – |
| 2012 | 11.3% | 18.0%b (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 11.0% | 17.8%b (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 10.7% | 17.6%b (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 10.4% | 17.4% |
| 2008 | 10.0% | 17.3%b (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 9.5% | 17.1% |
| 2006 | 9.2% | 16.9% |
| 2005 | 8.7% | 16.7% |
| 2004 | 8.4% | 16.4% |
| 2003 | 8.1% | 16.2% |
| 2002 | 7.8% | 16.0% |
| 2001 | – | 15.8%b (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- The previous available figure was 16.5% in 2023, a change of +4.7 percentage points.
- Since 2014, when it was 12.0%, the figure has changed by +9.2 percentage points.
- Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Albania has the 13th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 22.0%.
More for Albania
All statistics for Albania
Population aged 65 and over
17.6%
2025 · World Bank
Old-age dependency ratio
33.3 per 100 working-age people
2025 · Eurostat
Median age of the population
44.3 years
2025 · Eurostat
Population on 1 January
2,363,314 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
2,363,314 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
9.6 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat