Population aged 65 and over in Austria

21.1% of the population of Austria 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
Austria, 2025 21.1% % of total population
Change from 2024 +0.5percentage points 2024: 20.6%
European Union, 2025 22.4% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 21.2% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 27th of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 65 and over in Austria over time

View
Places
2 selected
Austria European Union ×

% 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 AustriaEuropean Union
2025 21.1% 22.4%
2024 20.6% 22.0%
2023 20.2% 21.6%
2022 19.8% 21.3%
2021 19.5% 21.0%
2020 19.2% 20.7%
2019 18.9% 20.4%
2018 18.8% 20.1%
2017 18.6% 19.8%
2016 18.5% 19.5%
2015 18.5% 19.2%
2014 18.4% 18.9%
2013 18.2% 18.5%
2012 17.9% 18.2%
2011 17.7% 17.9%
2010 17.7% 17.7%
2009 17.5% 17.5%
2008 17.3% 17.3%
2007 17.0% 17.2%
2006 16.7% 17.0%
2005 16.2% 16.8%
2004 15.7% 16.5%
2003 15.5% 16.3%
2002 15.5% 16.1%
2001 15.5% 15.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 20.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 18.5%, the figure has changed by +2.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Austria has the 27th 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 Austria
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