Population aged 65 and over in Cyprus

14.9% of the population of Cyprus 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
Cyprus, 2025 14.9% % of total population
Change from 2024 +0.3percentage points 2024: 14.6%
European Union, 2025 22.4% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 21.2% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 67th of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 65 and over in Cyprus 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 CyprusEuropean Union
2025 14.9% 22.4%
2024 14.6% 22.0%
2023 14.3% 21.6%
2022 14.1% 21.3%
2021 13.9% 21.0%
2020 13.6% 20.7%
2019 13.4% 20.4%
2018 13.2% 20.1%
2017 13.0% 19.8%
2016 12.7% 19.5%
2015 12.5% 19.2%
2014 12.3% 18.9%
2013 12.0% 18.5%
2012 11.8% 18.2%
2011 11.6% 17.9%
2010 11.3% 17.7%
2009 11.1% 17.5%
2008 10.9% 17.3%
2007 10.7% 17.2%
2006 10.5% 17.0%
2005 10.3% 16.8%
2004 10.2% 16.5%
2003 10.1% 16.3%
2002 10.1% 16.1%
2001 10.0% 15.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 14.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 12.5%, the figure has changed by +2.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Cyprus has the 67th 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 Cyprus
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