Population aged 65 and over in North Macedonia
18.6% of people in North Macedonia were aged 65 or over on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1994. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
North Macedonia, 2025
18.6%
Change from 2024
+0.5percentage points
European Union, 2025
22.0%ep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2025
30th of 40
Population aged 65 and over in North Macedonia over time
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% of total population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | North Macedonia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18.6% | 22.0%ep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 18.1% | 21.6%ep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 17.7% | 21.3%bep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 17.1%b (break in time series) | 21.1%ep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 14.8% | 20.9%bep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 14.5% | 20.6%e (estimated) |
| 2019 | 14.1% | 20.3% |
| 2018 | 13.7% | 20.0%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 13.3% | 19.7%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 13.0% | 19.4%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 12.7% | 19.1%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 12.4% | 18.7%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 12.0% | – |
| 2012 | 11.8% | 18.0%b (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 11.7% | 17.8%b (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 11.6% | 17.6%b (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 11.5% | 17.4% |
| 2008 | 11.4% | 17.3%b (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 11.2% | 17.1% |
| 2006 | 11.1% | 16.9% |
| 2005 | 10.9% | 16.7% |
| 2004 | 10.7% | 16.4% |
| 2003 | 10.6% | 16.2% |
| 2002 | 10.4% | 16.0% |
| 2001 | 10.1% | 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 +0.5 percentage points from 18.1% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 12.7%, the figure has changed by +5.9 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, North Macedonia has the 30th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 22.0%.
More for North Macedonia
All statistics for North Macedonia
Population aged 65 and over
18.5%
2025 · World Bank
Old-age dependency ratio
28.7 per 100 working-age people
2025 · Eurostat
Median age of the population
42.1 years
2025 · Eurostat
Population on 1 January
1,822,612 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
1,822,612 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
8.7 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat