Population aged 65 and over in Dominica

13.2% of the population of Dominica 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
Dominica, 2025 13.2% % of total population
Change from 2024 +0.2percentage points 2024: 13.0%
World, 2025 10.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 74th of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 65 and over in Dominica 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 DominicaWorld
2025 13.2% 10.4%
2024 13.0% 10.2%
2023 12.7% 10.0%
2022 12.6% 9.7%
2021 12.4% 9.5%
2020 12.2% 9.3%
2019 12.0% 9.1%
2018 11.8% 8.9%
2017 11.7% 8.7%
2016 10.6% 8.4%
2015 9.6% 8.3%
2014 9.5% 8.1%
2013 10.2% 7.9%
2012 10.8% 7.8%
2011 10.9% 7.7%
2010 11.1% 7.6%
2009 10.9% 7.5%
2008 10.7% 7.5%
2007 10.6% 7.4%
2006 10.4% 7.3%
2005 10.3% 7.3%
2004 10.3% 7.2%
2003 10.2% 7.1%
2002 10.2% 7.0%
2001 10.1% 6.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 13.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 9.6%, the figure has changed by +3.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Dominica has the 74th 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 Dominica
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