Population aged 65 and over in Armenia
16.7% of people in Armenia were aged 65 or over on 1 January 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2006.
Armenia, 2024
16.7%
Change from 2021
+4.1percentage points
European Union, 2024
21.6%ep (Source flag ep)
Population aged 65 and over in Armenia over time
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% of total population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Armenia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 22.0%ep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 16.7% | 21.6%ep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | – | 21.3%bep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | – | 21.1%ep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 12.6% | 20.9%bep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 12.3% | 20.6%e (estimated) |
| 2019 | 11.9% | 20.3% |
| 2018 | 11.6% | 20.0%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 11.2% | 19.7%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 10.9% | 19.4%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 10.7% | 19.1%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | – | 18.7%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | – | 18.0%b (break in time series) |
| 2011 | – | 17.8%b (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 10.1% | 17.6%b (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 10.4% | 17.4% |
| 2008 | 10.8% | 17.3%b (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 10.8% | 17.1% |
| 2006 | 10.8% | 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
- The previous available figure was 12.6% in 2021, a change of +4.1 percentage points.
- Since 2008, when it was 10.8%, the figure has changed by +5.9 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 21.6%.
More for Armenia
All statistics for Armenia
Population aged 65 and over
14.4%
2025 · World Bank
Old-age dependency ratio
26.1 per 100 working-age people
2024 · Eurostat
Median age of the population
33.7 years
2024 · Eurostat
Population on 1 January
2,991,201 people
2024 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
2,991,201 people
2024 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
10.4 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat