Population aged 65 and over in Türkiye
10.6% of people in Türkiye 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.
Türkiye, 2025
10.6%
Change from 2024
+0.4percentage points
European Union, 2025
22.0%ep (Source flag ep)
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
20.9%
Position in 2025
39th of 40
Population aged 65 and over in Türkiye over time
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% of total population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Türkiye | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.6% | 22.0%ep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 10.2% | 21.6%ep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 9.9% | 21.3%bep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | – | 21.1%ep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 9.5% | 20.9%bep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 9.1% | 20.6%e (estimated) |
| 2019 | 8.8% | 20.3% |
| 2018 | 8.5% | 20.0%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 8.3% | 19.7%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 8.2% | 19.4%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 8.0% | 19.1%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 7.7% | 18.7%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 7.5% | – |
| 2012 | 7.3% | 18.0%b (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 7.2% | 17.8%b (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 7.0% | 17.6%b (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 6.8% | 17.4% |
| 2008 | 7.1% | 17.3%b (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 6.8% | 17.1% |
| 2006 | 6.7% | 16.9% |
| 2005 | 6.7% | 16.7% |
| 2004 | 6.7% | 16.4% |
| 2003 | 6.7% | 16.2% |
| 2002 | 6.7% | 16.0% |
| 2001 | 6.7%b (break in time series) | 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 +0.4 percentage points from 10.2% in 2024.
- Since 2014, when it was 7.7%, the figure has changed by +2.9 percentage points.
- Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Türkiye has the 39th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 22.0%.
More for Türkiye
All statistics for Türkiye
Population aged 65 and over
10.6%
2025 · World Bank
Old-age dependency ratio
15.5 per 100 working-age people
2025 · Eurostat
Median age of the population
34.4 years
2025 · Eurostat
Population on 1 January
85,664,944 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
85,664,944 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
10.4 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat