Population aged 65 and over in European Union
22.4% of the population of the European Union was aged 65 or over in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2025
22.4%
Change from 2024
+0.4percentage points
World, 2025
10.4%
Population aged 65 and over in European Union 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.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22.4% | 10.4% |
| 2024 | 22.0% | 10.2% |
| 2023 | 21.6% | 10.0% |
| 2022 | 21.3% | 9.7% |
| 2021 | 21.0% | 9.5% |
| 2020 | 20.7% | 9.3% |
| 2019 | 20.4% | 9.1% |
| 2018 | 20.1% | 8.9% |
| 2017 | 19.8% | 8.7% |
| 2016 | 19.5% | 8.4% |
| 2015 | 19.2% | 8.3% |
| 2014 | 18.9% | 8.1% |
| 2013 | 18.5% | 7.9% |
| 2012 | 18.2% | 7.8% |
| 2011 | 17.9% | 7.7% |
| 2010 | 17.7% | 7.6% |
| 2009 | 17.5% | 7.5% |
| 2008 | 17.3% | 7.5% |
| 2007 | 17.2% | 7.4% |
| 2006 | 17.0% | 7.3% |
| 2005 | 16.8% | 7.3% |
| 2004 | 16.5% | 7.2% |
| 2003 | 16.3% | 7.1% |
| 2002 | 16.1% | 7.0% |
| 2001 | 15.9% | 6.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 22.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 19.2%, the figure has changed by +3.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 10.4%.
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Population aged 65 and over
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Population by age and sex
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Crude birth rate
7.7ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
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Crude death rate
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