Population aged 65 and over in Iraq

3.4% of the population of Iraq was aged 65 or over in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 1992.

Measure: Share of population aged 65 and over (UN estimates) Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Iraq, 2025 3.4% % of total population
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 3.4%
World, 2025 10.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 181st of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 65 and over in Iraq 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 IraqWorld
2025 3.4% 10.4%
2024 3.4% 10.2%
2023 3.4% 10.0%
2022 3.4% 9.7%
2021 3.4% 9.5%
2020 3.4% 9.3%
2019 3.3% 9.1%
2018 3.2% 8.9%
2017 3.2% 8.7%
2016 3.1% 8.4%
2015 3.0% 8.3%
2014 3.0% 8.1%
2013 3.0% 7.9%
2012 3.0% 7.8%
2011 3.0% 7.7%
2010 3.0% 7.6%
2009 3.0% 7.5%
2008 3.0% 7.5%
2007 3.0% 7.4%
2006 3.0% 7.3%
2005 3.0% 7.3%
2004 3.0% 7.2%
2003 3.0% 7.1%
2002 3.0% 7.0%
2001 3.1% 6.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 3.4% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 3.0%, the figure has changed by +0.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Iraq has the 181st 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 Iraq
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