Population aged 65 and over in North America
18.6% of the population of North America was aged 65 or over in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2025
18.6%
Change from 2024
+0.5percentage points
World, 2025
10.4%
Population aged 65 and over in North America 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.
| Period | North America | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18.6% | 10.4% |
| 2024 | 18.1% | 10.2% |
| 2023 | 17.6% | 10.0% |
| 2022 | 17.1% | 9.7% |
| 2021 | 16.7% | 9.5% |
| 2020 | 16.3% | 9.3% |
| 2019 | 15.9% | 9.1% |
| 2018 | 15.5% | 8.9% |
| 2017 | 15.1% | 8.7% |
| 2016 | 14.8% | 8.4% |
| 2015 | 14.5% | 8.3% |
| 2014 | 14.2% | 8.1% |
| 2013 | 13.9% | 7.9% |
| 2012 | 13.5% | 7.8% |
| 2011 | 13.2% | 7.7% |
| 2010 | 13.0% | 7.6% |
| 2009 | 12.8% | 7.5% |
| 2008 | 12.6% | 7.5% |
| 2007 | 12.4% | 7.4% |
| 2006 | 12.3% | 7.3% |
| 2005 | 12.2% | 7.3% |
| 2004 | 12.2% | 7.2% |
| 2003 | 12.2% | 7.1% |
| 2002 | 12.2% | 7.0% |
| 2001 | 12.2% | 6.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 18.1% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 14.5%, the figure has changed by +4.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 10.4%.
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All statistics for North America
Population aged 0 to 14
16.9%
2025 · World Bank
Population
383,501,065 people
2025 · World Bank
Population growth
0.57%
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Fertility rate
1.59 births per woman
2024 · World Bank
Crude birth rate
10.4 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank
Crude death rate
8.9 per 1,000 people
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