Population aged 65 and over in Morocco

8.5% of the population of Morocco 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
Morocco, 2025 8.5% % of total population
Change from 2024 +0.3percentage points 2024: 8.1%
World, 2025 10.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 114th of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 65 and over in Morocco 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 MoroccoWorld
2025 8.5% 10.4%
2024 8.1% 10.2%
2023 7.8% 10.0%
2022 7.5% 9.7%
2021 7.2% 9.5%
2020 7.0% 9.3%
2019 6.7% 9.1%
2018 6.5% 8.9%
2017 6.2% 8.7%
2016 6.0% 8.4%
2015 5.8% 8.3%
2014 5.6% 8.1%
2013 5.5% 7.9%
2012 5.4% 7.8%
2011 5.3% 7.7%
2010 5.2% 7.6%
2009 5.1% 7.5%
2008 5.0% 7.5%
2007 4.9% 7.4%
2006 4.8% 7.3%
2005 4.7% 7.3%
2004 4.7% 7.2%
2003 4.6% 7.1%
2002 4.5% 7.0%
2001 4.4% 6.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 8.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 5.8%, the figure has changed by +2.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Morocco has the 114th 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 Morocco
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