Share of population aged 65 and over (Eurostat)
People aged 65 or over as a share of the total population on 1 January.
40 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of total population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22.0%ep (estimated, provisional) | 22.7% | 21.9%p (provisional) | 20.7% |
| 2024 | 21.6%ep (estimated, provisional) | 22.4% | 21.5%p (provisional) | 20.4% |
| 2023 | 21.3%bep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) | 22.2%b (break in time series) | 21.1%p (provisional) | 20.1% |
| 2022 | 21.1%ep (estimated, provisional) | 22.1% | 20.9% | 20.0% |
| 2021 | 20.9%bep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) | 22.0% | 20.6% | 19.6% |
| 2020 | 20.6%e (estimated) | 21.8% | 20.4% | 19.5% |
| 2019 | 20.3% | 21.5% | 20.0% | 19.3% |
| 2018 | 20.0%e (estimated) | 21.4% | 19.7%p (provisional) | 19.1% |
| 2017 | 19.7%be (break in time series, estimated) | 21.2% | 19.3% | 18.9% |
| 2016 | 19.4%be (break in time series, estimated) | 21.1% | 18.9% | 18.7% |
| 2015 | 19.1%be (break in time series, estimated) | 21.0% | 18.4% | 18.4% |
| 2014 | 18.7%be (break in time series, estimated) | 20.9%b (break in time series) | 18.0%b (break in time series) | 18.1% |
| 2013 | – | 20.8% | 17.6% | 17.7% |
| 2012 | 18.0%b (break in time series) | 20.7% | 17.1%b (break in time series) | 17.4% |
| 2011 | 17.8%b (break in time series) | 20.7%b (break in time series) | 16.7% | 17.1% |
| 2010 | 17.6%b (break in time series) | 20.7% | 16.6% | 16.8% |
| 2009 | 17.4% | 20.4% | 16.5% | 16.6% |
| 2008 | 17.3%b (break in time series) | 20.1% | 16.4% | 16.4% |
| 2007 | 17.1% | 19.8% | 16.3% | 16.5% |
| 2006 | 16.9% | 19.3% | 16.4% | 16.6% |
| 2005 | 16.7% | 18.6% | 16.3% | 16.6% |
| 2004 | 16.4% | 18.0% | 16.2% | 16.8% |
| 2003 | 16.2% | 17.5% | 16.1% | 17.0% |
| 2002 | 16.0% | 17.1% | 16.0% | 17.0% |
| 2001 | 15.8%b (break in time series) | 16.6% | 15.9% | 16.8% |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 40 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Monaco (27.5%) and the lowest Azerbaijan (9.9%).
- Half of the countries are above 20.8% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 38 countries and fell in 0.
- The figure for the European Union was 22.0% in 2025, against 20.6% in 2020 (+1.4 percentage points). The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
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Source and dates
All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Monaco 27.5%
- 2 Italy 24.7%
- 3 Portugal 24.3%
- 4 Bulgaria 24.0%
- 5 Greece 23.7%
- 6 Finland 23.6%
- 7 Croatia 23.3%
- 8 Germany 22.7%
- 9 Serbia 22.7%
- 10 Slovenia 22.1%
- 11 France 21.9%p (provisional)
- 12 Latvia 21.9%
- 13 Albania 21.2%
- 14 Poland 21.0%ep (estimated, provisional)
- 15 Denmark 20.9%
- 16 Estonia 20.9%
- 17 Hungary 20.9%
- 18 Lithuania 20.9%
- 19 Netherlands 20.8%
- 20 Sweden 20.8%
- 21 Czechia 20.7%
- 22 Liechtenstein 20.7%
- 23 Spain 20.7%
- 24 Romania 20.3%e (estimated)
- 25 Austria 20.2%
- 26 Belgium 20.2%
- 27 Switzerland 19.5%
- 28 Norway 19.0%
- 29 Slovakia 18.8%
- 30 North Macedonia 18.6%
- 31 Malta 18.4%
- 32 Cyprus 18.3%
- 33 Moldova 18.2%
- 34 Montenegro 17.2%
- 35 Georgia 16.6%
- 36 Iceland 15.9%
- 37 Ireland 15.7%
- 38 Luxembourg 15.2%
- 39 Türkiye 10.6%
- 40 Azerbaijan 9.9%
- European Union 22.0%ep (estimated, provisional)
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Grey: no value for 2025. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.