Population aged 65 and over in Cambodia

6.4% of the population of Cambodia 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
Cambodia, 2025 6.4% % of total population
Change from 2024 +0.2percentage points 2024: 6.2%
World, 2025 10.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 134th of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 65 and over in Cambodia 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 CambodiaWorld
2025 6.4% 10.4%
2024 6.2% 10.2%
2023 6.0% 10.0%
2022 5.8% 9.7%
2021 5.6% 9.5%
2020 5.4% 9.3%
2019 5.3% 9.1%
2018 5.1% 8.9%
2017 4.9% 8.7%
2016 4.7% 8.4%
2015 4.6% 8.3%
2014 4.4% 8.1%
2013 4.3% 7.9%
2012 4.1% 7.8%
2011 4.0% 7.7%
2010 3.9% 7.6%
2009 3.8% 7.5%
2008 3.7% 7.5%
2007 3.6% 7.4%
2006 3.5% 7.3%
2005 3.3% 7.3%
2004 3.2% 7.2%
2003 3.1% 7.1%
2002 3.0% 7.0%
2001 2.9% 6.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 6.2% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 4.6%, the figure has changed by +1.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Cambodia has the 134th 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 Cambodia
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