Population aged 65 and over in Ukraine
17.6% of people in Ukraine were aged 65 or over on 1 January 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2006.
The latest value for Ukraine is for 2022. Most countries have figures for 2025.
Ukraine, 2022
17.6%
Change from 2021
+0.2percentage points
European Union, 2022
21.1%ep (Source flag ep)
Population aged 65 and over in Ukraine over time
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% of total population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Ukraine | 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 | 17.6% | 21.1%ep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 17.4% | 20.9%bep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 17.1% | 20.6%e (estimated) |
| 2019 | 16.8% | 20.3% |
| 2018 | 16.5% | 20.0%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 16.2% | 19.7%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 15.9% | 19.4%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 15.6% | 19.1%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 15.3% | 18.7%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 15.2% | – |
| 2012 | 15.2% | 18.0%b (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 15.3% | 17.8%b (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 15.7% | 17.6%b (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 15.9% | 17.4% |
| 2008 | 16.3% | 17.3%b (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 16.4% | 17.1% |
| 2006 | 16.2% | 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 17.4% in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 15.2%, the figure has changed by +2.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2022 was 21.1%.
More for Ukraine
All statistics for Ukraine
Population aged 65 and over
19.0%
2025 · World Bank
Old-age dependency ratio
26.2 per 100 working-age people
2022 · Eurostat
Median age of the population
42.0 years
2022 · Eurostat
Population on 1 January
40,997,698 people
2022 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
40,997,698 people
2022 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
7.1 per 1,000 people
2020 · Eurostat