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Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Afghanistan

Share of population aged 65 and over in Afghanistan in 2025 — 2.4%. Ranked 210 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 0.4 pp.

2025 2.4% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 210of 217
Period maximum 2.8%1960
Period minimum 2.2%1991

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Afghanistan, 1960–20252.22.42.62.8319601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.8%1962: 2.8%1964: 2.8%1966: 2.7%1968: 2.7%1970: 2.7%1972: 2.6%1974: 2.6%1976: 2.6%1978: 2.6%1980: 2.5%1982: 2.5%1984: 2.4%1986: 2.3%1988: 2.2%1990: 2.2%1992: 2.2%1994: 2.3%1996: 2.3%1998: 2.3%2000: 2.3%2002: 2.3%2004: 2.3%2006: 2.3%2008: 2.3%2010: 2.3%2012: 2.3%2014: 2.4%2016: 2.4%2018: 2.4%2020: 2.4%2022: 2.4%2024: 2.4%2025: 2.4%
Change over the period: −0.4 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Afghanistan

Afghanistan 2.4%
World 10.4%
South Asia 7.4%
Southern Asia computed 6.9%
Low-income countries computed 3.3%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 2.4 +0 pp
2024 2.4 +0 pp
2023 2.4 +0 pp
2022 2.4 +0 pp
2021 2.4 −0 pp
2020 2.4 −0 pp
2019 2.4 +0 pp
2018 2.4 +0 pp
2017 2.4 +0 pp
2016 2.4 −0 pp
2015 2.4 +0 pp
2014 2.4 +0 pp
2013 2.3 +0 pp
2012 2.3 +0 pp
2011 2.3 +0 pp
2010 2.3 +0 pp
2009 2.3 +0 pp
2008 2.3 +0 pp
2007 2.3 +0 pp
2006 2.3 +0 pp
2005 2.3 +0 pp
2004 2.3 +0 pp
2003 2.3 +0 pp
2002 2.3 +0 pp
2001 2.3 −0 pp
2000 2.3 −0 pp
1999 2.3 −0 pp
1998 2.3 −0 pp
1997 2.3 +0 pp
1996 2.3 +0 pp
1995 2.3 +0 pp
1994 2.3 +0 pp
1993 2.2 +0 pp
1992 2.2 +0 pp
1991 2.2 −0 pp
1990 2.2 −0 pp
1989 2.2 −0 pp
1988 2.2 −0 pp
1987 2.3 −0 pp
1986 2.3 −0 pp
1985 2.3 −0.1 pp
1984 2.4 −0 pp
1983 2.4 −0 pp
1982 2.5 −0 pp
1981 2.5 −0 pp
1980 2.5 −0 pp
1979 2.5 −0 pp
1978 2.6 −0 pp
1977 2.6 −0 pp
1976 2.6 −0 pp
1975 2.6 −0 pp
1974 2.6 −0 pp
1973 2.6 −0 pp
1972 2.6 −0 pp
1971 2.7 −0 pp
1970 2.7 −0 pp
1969 2.7 −0 pp
1968 2.7 −0 pp
1967 2.7 −0 pp
1966 2.7 −0 pp
1965 2.7 −0 pp
1964 2.8 −0 pp
1963 2.8 −0 pp
1962 2.8 −0 pp
1961 2.8 −0 pp
1960 2.8 —

Southern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

LK Sri Lanka 12.5 IR Iran 8.6 IN India 7.4 BD Bangladesh 6.7 BT Bhutan 6.6 NP Nepal 6.6 MV Maldives 5 PK Pakistan 4.4 AF Afghanistan 2.4
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About the indicator

The share of population aged 65 and over. The international threshold for an old population is 7%, for a very old one 14%. The indicator directly determines the load on the pension system and health care, which is why demographic projections use it more often than median age.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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