Population aged 65 and over in World
10.4% of the population of the world was aged 65 or over in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2025
10.4%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
European Union, 2025
22.4%
Population aged 65 and over in World 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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.4% | 22.4% |
| 2024 | 10.2% | 22.0% |
| 2023 | 10.0% | 21.6% |
| 2022 | 9.7% | 21.3% |
| 2021 | 9.5% | 21.0% |
| 2020 | 9.3% | 20.7% |
| 2019 | 9.1% | 20.4% |
| 2018 | 8.9% | 20.1% |
| 2017 | 8.7% | 19.8% |
| 2016 | 8.4% | 19.5% |
| 2015 | 8.3% | 19.2% |
| 2014 | 8.1% | 18.9% |
| 2013 | 7.9% | 18.5% |
| 2012 | 7.8% | 18.2% |
| 2011 | 7.7% | 17.9% |
| 2010 | 7.6% | 17.7% |
| 2009 | 7.5% | 17.5% |
| 2008 | 7.5% | 17.3% |
| 2007 | 7.4% | 17.2% |
| 2006 | 7.3% | 17.0% |
| 2005 | 7.3% | 16.8% |
| 2004 | 7.2% | 16.5% |
| 2003 | 7.1% | 16.3% |
| 2002 | 7.0% | 16.1% |
| 2001 | 6.9% | 15.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 10.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 8.3%, the figure has changed by +2.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 22.4%.
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Population
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Population growth
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Fertility rate
2.19 births per woman
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Crude birth rate
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Crude death rate
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