Population aged 65 and over in Albania

17.6% of the population of Albania 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
Albania, 2025 17.6% % of total population
Change from 2024 +0.7percentage points 2024: 16.9%
World, 2025 10.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 53rd of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 65 and over in Albania 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 AlbaniaWorld
2025 17.6% 10.4%
2024 16.9% 10.2%
2023 16.3% 10.0%
2022 15.8% 9.7%
2021 15.3% 9.5%
2020 14.8% 9.3%
2019 14.2% 9.1%
2018 13.7% 8.9%
2017 13.3% 8.7%
2016 12.9% 8.4%
2015 12.5% 8.3%
2014 12.2% 8.1%
2013 11.8% 7.9%
2012 11.5% 7.8%
2011 11.2% 7.7%
2010 10.9% 7.6%
2009 10.6% 7.5%
2008 10.2% 7.5%
2007 9.8% 7.4%
2006 9.4% 7.3%
2005 9.0% 7.3%
2004 8.6% 7.2%
2003 8.2% 7.1%
2002 7.9% 7.0%
2001 7.6% 6.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 16.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 12.5%, the figure has changed by +5.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Albania has the 53rd 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 Albania
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