Population aged 65 and over in Libya

5.2% of the population of Libya 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
Libya, 2025 5.2% % of total population
Change from 2024 +0.2percentage points 2024: 5.0%
World, 2025 10.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 146th of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 65 and over in Libya 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 LibyaWorld
2025 5.2% 10.4%
2024 5.0% 10.2%
2023 4.9% 10.0%
2022 4.7% 9.7%
2021 4.7% 9.5%
2020 4.6% 9.3%
2019 4.6% 9.1%
2018 4.6% 8.9%
2017 4.6% 8.7%
2016 4.5% 8.4%
2015 4.5% 8.3%
2014 4.4% 8.1%
2013 4.4% 7.9%
2012 4.4% 7.8%
2011 4.2% 7.7%
2010 4.0% 7.6%
2009 4.0% 7.5%
2008 4.0% 7.5%
2007 4.0% 7.4%
2006 3.9% 7.3%
2005 3.9% 7.3%
2004 3.9% 7.2%
2003 3.9% 7.1%
2002 3.8% 7.0%
2001 3.8% 6.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 5.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 4.5%, the figure has changed by +0.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Libya has the 146th 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 Libya
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