Population aged 65 and over in Poland

21.0% of people in Poland were aged 65 or over on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.

Measure: Share of population aged 65 and over (Eurostat) Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
The latest value carries the source flag “Source flag ep”.
Poland, 2025 21.0%ep (Source flag ep) % of total population
Change from 2024 +0.5percentage points 2024: 20.5%
European Union, 2025 22.0%ep (Source flag ep) Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 20.9% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 14th of 40 See the full ranking

Population aged 65 and over in Poland 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 PolandEuropean Union
2025 21.0%ep (estimated, provisional) 22.0%ep (estimated, provisional)
2024 20.5%ep (estimated, provisional) 21.6%ep (estimated, provisional)
2023 19.9%ep (estimated, provisional) 21.3%bep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2022 19.4%ep (estimated, provisional) 21.1%ep (estimated, provisional)
2021 18.9%bep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) 20.9%bep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2020 18.2% 20.6%e (estimated)
2019 17.7% 20.3%
2018 17.1% 20.0%e (estimated)
2017 16.5% 19.7%be (break in time series, estimated)
2016 16.0% 19.4%be (break in time series, estimated)
2015 15.4% 19.1%be (break in time series, estimated)
2014 14.9% 18.7%be (break in time series, estimated)
2013 14.4% –
2012 14.0% 18.0%b (break in time series)
2011 13.6% 17.8%b (break in time series)
2010 13.6%b (break in time series) 17.6%b (break in time series)
2009 13.5% 17.4%
2008 13.5% 17.3%b (break in time series)
2007 13.4% 17.1%
2006 13.3% 16.9%
2005 13.1% 16.7%
2004 13.0% 16.4%
2003 12.8% 16.2%
2002 12.6% 16.0%
2001 12.4% 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 +0.5 percentage points from 20.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 15.4%, the figure has changed by +5.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Poland has the 14th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 22.0%.

Source and dates

Original producer
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
1960 to 2025 for Poland
Provider update
25 September 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat