Population aged 65 and over in Slovenia

22.2% of the population of Slovenia 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
Slovenia, 2025 22.2% % of total population
Change from 2024 +0.4percentage points 2024: 21.8%
European Union, 2025 22.4% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 21.2% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 19th of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 65 and over in Slovenia 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 SloveniaEuropean Union
2025 22.2% 22.4%
2024 21.8% 22.0%
2023 21.3% 21.6%
2022 20.9% 21.3%
2021 20.4% 21.0%
2020 20.1% 20.7%
2019 19.9% 20.4%
2018 19.5% 20.1%
2017 19.0% 19.8%
2016 18.5% 19.5%
2015 18.0% 19.2%
2014 17.5% 18.9%
2013 17.1% 18.5%
2012 16.8% 18.2%
2011 16.5% 17.9%
2010 16.4% 17.7%
2009 16.3% 17.5%
2008 16.1% 17.3%
2007 15.9% 17.2%
2006 15.6% 17.0%
2005 15.3% 16.8%
2004 15.0% 16.5%
2003 14.8% 16.3%
2002 14.5% 16.1%
2001 14.2% 15.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 21.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 18.0%, the figure has changed by +4.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Slovenia has the 19th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 22.4%.

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 Slovenia
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