Population aged 65 and over in Kosovo
9.1% of people in Kosovo were aged 65 or over on 1 January 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2016.
The latest value for Kosovo is for 2022. Most countries have figures for 2025.
Kosovo, 2022
9.1%
Change from 2021
+0.2percentage points
European Union, 2022
21.1%ep (Source flag ep)
Population aged 65 and over in Kosovo over time
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% of total population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Kosovo | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 22.0%ep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | – | 21.6%ep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | – | 21.3%bep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 9.1% | 21.1%ep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 8.9% | 20.9%bep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 8.9% | 20.6%e (estimated) |
| 2019 | 8.5% | 20.3% |
| 2018 | 8.1% | 20.0%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 8.1% | 19.7%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 7.1% | 19.4%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | – | 19.1%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | – | 18.7%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | – | 18.0%b (break in time series) |
| 2011 | – | 17.8%b (break in time series) |
| 2010 | – | 17.6%b (break in time series) |
| 2009 | – | 17.4% |
| 2008 | – | 17.3%b (break in time series) |
| 2007 | – | 17.1% |
| 2006 | – | 16.9% |
| 2005 | – | 16.7% |
| 2004 | – | 16.4% |
| 2003 | – | 16.2% |
| 2002 | – | 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
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 8.9% in 2021.
- Since 2016, when it was 7.1%, the figure has changed by +2.0 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2022 was 21.1%.
More for Kosovo
All statistics for Kosovo
Population aged 65 and over
10.5%
2025 · World Bank
Old-age dependency ratio
13.6 per 100 working-age people
2022 · Eurostat
Median age of the population
31.1 years
2022 · Eurostat
Population on 1 January
1,773,971 people
2022 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
1,773,971 people
2022 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
12.8 per 1,000 people
2021 · Eurostat