Population aged 65 and over in Channel Islands

20.4% of the population of Channel Islands 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
Channel Islands, 2025 20.4% % of total population
Change from 2024 +0.4percentage points 2024: 20.0%
World, 2025 10.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 35th of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 65 and over in Channel Islands 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 Channel IslandsWorld
2025 20.4% 10.4%
2024 20.0% 10.2%
2023 19.7% 10.0%
2022 19.3% 9.7%
2021 19.1% 9.5%
2020 18.9% 9.3%
2019 18.6% 9.1%
2018 18.3% 8.9%
2017 18.0% 8.7%
2016 17.7% 8.4%
2015 17.3% 8.3%
2014 17.0% 8.1%
2013 16.7% 7.9%
2012 16.3% 7.8%
2011 15.8% 7.7%
2010 15.5% 7.6%
2009 15.4% 7.5%
2008 15.2% 7.5%
2007 15.1% 7.4%
2006 15.1% 7.3%
2005 15.0% 7.3%
2004 14.9% 7.2%
2003 14.7% 7.1%
2002 14.6% 7.0%
2001 14.5% 6.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 20.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 17.3%, the figure has changed by +3.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Channel Islands has the 35th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 10.4%.

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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 Channel Islands
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