Population aged 65 and over in Moldova

18.2% of people in Moldova were aged 65 or over on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2006.

Measure: Share of population aged 65 and over (Eurostat) Unit: % of total population Data: 2006 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Moldova, 2025 18.2% % of total population
Change from 2024 +0.7percentage points 2024: 17.5%
European Union, 2025 22.0%ep (Source flag ep) Official aggregate
Position in 2025 33rd of 40 See the full ranking

Population aged 65 and over in Moldova over time

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% of total population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Share of population aged 65 and over (Eurostat) (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period MoldovaEuropean Union
2025 18.2% 22.0%ep (estimated, provisional)
2024 17.5%e (estimated) 21.6%ep (estimated, provisional)
2023 16.3% 21.3%bep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2022 15.3% 21.1%ep (estimated, provisional)
2021 14.8% 20.9%bep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2020 14.4%e (estimated) 20.6%e (estimated)
2019 13.8%e (estimated) 20.3%
2018 13.2%e (estimated) 20.0%e (estimated)
2017 12.6%e (estimated) 19.7%be (break in time series, estimated)
2016 12.0%e (estimated) 19.4%be (break in time series, estimated)
2015 11.5%e (estimated) 19.1%be (break in time series, estimated)
2014 10.9%e (estimated) 18.7%be (break in time series, estimated)
2013 9.9% –
2012 9.9% 18.0%b (break in time series)
2011 10.0% 17.8%b (break in time series)
2010 10.1% 17.6%b (break in time series)
2009 10.2% 17.4%
2008 10.3% 17.3%b (break in time series)
2007 10.3% 17.1%
2006 9.8% 16.9%
2005 – 16.7%
2004 – 16.4%
2003 – 16.2%
2002 – 16.0%
2001 – 15.8%b (break in time series)

Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 17.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 11.5%, the figure has changed by +6.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Moldova has the 33rd highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 22.0%.

Source and dates

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
demo_pjanind · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A indic_de=PC_Y65_MAX
Observation period
2006 to 2025 for Moldova
Provider update
25 September 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat