Population aged 65 and over in Montenegro

18.3% of the population of Montenegro was aged 65 or over in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Share of population aged 65 and over (UN estimates) Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Montenegro, 2025 18.3% % of total population
Change from 2024 +0.5percentage points 2024: 17.8%
World, 2025 10.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 46th of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 65 and over in Montenegro over time

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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Share of population aged 65 and over (UN estimates) (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period MontenegroWorld
2025 18.3% 10.4%
2024 17.8% 10.2%
2023 17.5% 10.0%
2022 17.1% 9.7%
2021 16.9% 9.5%
2020 16.6% 9.3%
2019 16.2% 9.1%
2018 15.7% 8.9%
2017 15.2% 8.7%
2016 14.8% 8.4%
2015 14.4% 8.3%
2014 14.0% 8.1%
2013 13.7% 7.9%
2012 13.5% 7.8%
2011 13.3% 7.7%
2010 13.3% 7.6%
2009 13.4% 7.5%
2008 13.3% 7.5%
2007 13.3% 7.4%
2006 13.1% 7.3%
2005 12.9% 7.3%
2004 12.6% 7.2%
2003 12.2% 7.1%
2002 11.8% 7.0%
2001 11.4% 6.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 17.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 14.4%, the figure has changed by +3.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Montenegro has the 46th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 10.4%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Montenegro
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects