Population aged 65 and over in Kuwait

3.2% of the population of Kuwait was aged 65 or over in 2025.

Measure: Share of population aged 65 and over (UN estimates) Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Kuwait, 2025 3.2% % of total population
Change from 2024 +0.1percentage points 2024: 3.1%
World, 2025 10.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 189th of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 65 and over in Kuwait 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 KuwaitWorld
2025 3.2% 10.4%
2024 3.1% 10.2%
2023 3.0% 10.0%
2022 2.7% 9.7%
2021 3.4% 9.5%
2020 4.0% 9.3%
2019 3.6% 9.1%
2018 3.2% 8.9%
2017 2.9% 8.7%
2016 2.6% 8.4%
2015 2.4% 8.3%
2014 2.2% 8.1%
2013 2.1% 7.9%
2012 2.0% 7.8%
2011 1.9% 7.7%
2010 1.8% 7.6%
2009 1.8% 7.5%
2008 1.8% 7.5%
2007 1.7% 7.4%
2006 1.7% 7.3%
2005 1.7% 7.3%
2004 1.7% 7.2%
2003 1.7% 7.1%
2002 1.6% 7.0%
2001 1.6% 6.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 3.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2.4%, the figure has changed by +0.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Kuwait has the 189th 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 Kuwait
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