Population aged 65 and over in Papua New Guinea
3.6% of the population of Papua New Guinea was aged 65 or over in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Papua New Guinea, 2025
3.6%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
10.4%
Position in 2025
176th of 217
Population aged 65 and over in Papua New Guinea 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 | Papua New Guinea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.6% | 10.4% |
| 2024 | 3.5% | 10.2% |
| 2023 | 3.3% | 10.0% |
| 2022 | 3.2% | 9.7% |
| 2021 | 3.2% | 9.5% |
| 2020 | 3.1% | 9.3% |
| 2019 | 3.1% | 9.1% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | 8.9% |
| 2017 | 2.9% | 8.7% |
| 2016 | 2.9% | 8.4% |
| 2015 | 2.8% | 8.3% |
| 2014 | 2.8% | 8.1% |
| 2013 | 2.8% | 7.9% |
| 2012 | 2.8% | 7.8% |
| 2011 | 2.7% | 7.7% |
| 2010 | 2.7% | 7.6% |
| 2009 | 2.7% | 7.5% |
| 2008 | 2.7% | 7.5% |
| 2007 | 2.7% | 7.4% |
| 2006 | 2.6% | 7.3% |
| 2005 | 2.6% | 7.3% |
| 2004 | 2.6% | 7.2% |
| 2003 | 2.6% | 7.1% |
| 2002 | 2.6% | 7.0% |
| 2001 | 2.5% | 6.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 3.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 2.8%, the figure has changed by +0.7 percentage points.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Papua New Guinea has the 176th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 10.4%.
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10,389,635 people
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Fertility rate estimates and projections
3.10 births per woman
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Population growth estimates and projections
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