Population aged 65 and over in Seychelles

8.7% of the population of Seychelles was aged 65 or over in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Share of population aged 65 and over (UN estimates) Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Seychelles, 2025 8.7% % of total population
Change from 2024 +0.2percentage points 2024: 8.5%
World, 2025 10.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 108th of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 65 and over in Seychelles 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.

Share of population aged 65 and over (UN estimates) (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period SeychellesWorld
2025 8.7% 10.4%
2024 8.5% 10.2%
2023 8.3% 10.0%
2022 8.1% 9.7%
2021 7.9% 9.5%
2020 7.6% 9.3%
2019 7.4% 9.1%
2018 7.2% 8.9%
2017 7.1% 8.7%
2016 7.1% 8.4%
2015 7.1% 8.3%
2014 7.0% 8.1%
2013 7.0% 7.9%
2012 7.1% 7.8%
2011 7.1% 7.7%
2010 7.2% 7.6%
2009 7.2% 7.5%
2008 7.3% 7.5%
2007 7.3% 7.4%
2006 7.3% 7.3%
2005 7.3% 7.3%
2004 7.3% 7.2%
2003 7.4% 7.1%
2002 7.4% 7.0%
2001 7.4% 6.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 8.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 7.1%, the figure has changed by +1.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Seychelles has the 108th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 10.4%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Seychelles
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects