Population aged 65 and over in Bolivia

5.7% of the population of Bolivia 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
Bolivia, 2025 5.7% % of total population
Change from 2024 +0.1percentage points 2024: 5.6%
World, 2025 10.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 139th of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 65 and over in Bolivia 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 BoliviaWorld
2025 5.7% 10.4%
2024 5.6% 10.2%
2023 5.6% 10.0%
2022 5.5% 9.7%
2021 5.5% 9.5%
2020 5.7% 9.3%
2019 5.7% 9.1%
2018 5.7% 8.9%
2017 5.6% 8.7%
2016 5.6% 8.4%
2015 5.6% 8.3%
2014 5.6% 8.1%
2013 5.6% 7.9%
2012 5.5% 7.8%
2011 5.5% 7.7%
2010 5.5% 7.6%
2009 5.4% 7.5%
2008 5.4% 7.5%
2007 5.4% 7.4%
2006 5.4% 7.3%
2005 5.4% 7.3%
2004 5.4% 7.2%
2003 5.4% 7.1%
2002 5.4% 7.0%
2001 5.3% 6.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 5.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 5.6%, the figure has changed by +0.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Bolivia has the 139th 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 Bolivia
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