Population aged 65 and over in Timor-Leste

5.2% of the population of Timor-Leste was aged 65 or over in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2014.

Measure: Share of population aged 65 and over (UN estimates) Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Timor-Leste, 2025 5.2% % of total population
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 5.3%
World, 2025 10.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 144th of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 65 and over in Timor-Leste 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 Timor-LesteWorld
2025 5.2% 10.4%
2024 5.3% 10.2%
2023 5.3% 10.0%
2022 5.4% 9.7%
2021 5.5% 9.5%
2020 5.5% 9.3%
2019 5.6% 9.1%
2018 5.5% 8.9%
2017 5.5% 8.7%
2016 5.4% 8.4%
2015 5.3% 8.3%
2014 5.1% 8.1%
2013 5.0% 7.9%
2012 4.9% 7.8%
2011 4.7% 7.7%
2010 4.4% 7.6%
2009 4.0% 7.5%
2008 3.6% 7.5%
2007 3.3% 7.4%
2006 3.0% 7.3%
2005 2.8% 7.3%
2004 2.6% 7.2%
2003 2.5% 7.1%
2002 2.5% 7.0%
2001 2.4% 6.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 5.3% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 5.3%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Timor-Leste has the 144th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 10.4%.

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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 Timor-Leste
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