Population aged 65 and over in OECD members
19.0% of the population of OECD member countries was aged 65 or over in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2025
19.0%
Change from 2024
+0.4percentage points
World, 2025
10.4%
Population aged 65 and over in OECD members 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 | OECD members | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19.0% | 10.4% |
| 2024 | 18.6% | 10.2% |
| 2023 | 18.2% | 10.0% |
| 2022 | 17.9% | 9.7% |
| 2021 | 17.6% | 9.5% |
| 2020 | 17.3% | 9.3% |
| 2019 | 17.0% | 9.1% |
| 2018 | 16.7% | 8.9% |
| 2017 | 16.4% | 8.7% |
| 2016 | 16.1% | 8.4% |
| 2015 | 15.8% | 8.3% |
| 2014 | 15.5% | 8.1% |
| 2013 | 15.2% | 7.9% |
| 2012 | 14.9% | 7.8% |
| 2011 | 14.6% | 7.7% |
| 2010 | 14.4% | 7.6% |
| 2009 | 14.2% | 7.5% |
| 2008 | 14.0% | 7.5% |
| 2007 | 13.8% | 7.4% |
| 2006 | 13.7% | 7.3% |
| 2005 | 13.5% | 7.3% |
| 2004 | 13.3% | 7.2% |
| 2003 | 13.1% | 7.1% |
| 2002 | 13.0% | 7.0% |
| 2001 | 12.8% | 6.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 18.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 15.8%, the figure has changed by +3.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 10.4%.
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