Population aged 65 and over in Russia
17.8% of the population of Russia was aged 65 or over in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Russia, 2025
17.8%
Change from 2024
+0.6percentage points
World, 2025
10.4%
Median of G20 countries, 2025
17.8%
Position in 2025
50th of 217
Population aged 65 and over in Russia 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 | Russia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17.8% | 10.4% |
| 2024 | 17.2% | 10.2% |
| 2023 | 16.6% | 10.0% |
| 2022 | 16.1% | 9.7% |
| 2021 | 15.7% | 9.5% |
| 2020 | 15.5% | 9.3% |
| 2019 | 15.1% | 9.1% |
| 2018 | 14.6% | 8.9% |
| 2017 | 14.2% | 8.7% |
| 2016 | 13.9% | 8.4% |
| 2015 | 13.5% | 8.3% |
| 2014 | 13.2% | 8.1% |
| 2013 | 12.9% | 7.9% |
| 2012 | 12.7% | 7.8% |
| 2011 | 12.6% | 7.7% |
| 2010 | 12.7% | 7.6% |
| 2009 | 13.1% | 7.5% |
| 2008 | 13.5% | 7.5% |
| 2007 | 13.8% | 7.4% |
| 2006 | 13.9% | 7.3% |
| 2005 | 13.7% | 7.3% |
| 2004 | 13.5% | 7.2% |
| 2003 | 13.1% | 7.1% |
| 2002 | 12.8% | 7.0% |
| 2001 | 12.5% | 6.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 17.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 13.5%, the figure has changed by +4.3 percentage points.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Russia has the 50th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 10.4%.
More for Russia
All statistics for Russia
Population aged 65 and over
13.1%
2014 · Eurostat
Population aged 0 to 14
17.0%
2025 · World Bank
Population on 1 January
143,666,931 people
2014 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
143,666,931 people
2014 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
12.6 per 1,000 people
2011 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
13.5 per 1,000 people
2011 · Eurostat