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Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Barbados

Share of population aged 65 and over in Barbados in 2025 — 17.1%. Ranked 56 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 12.5 pp.

2025 17.1% +0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 56of 217
Period maximum 17.1%2025
Period minimum 4.5%1961

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Barbados, 1960–20250510152019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4.5%1962: 4.6%1964: 4.7%1966: 4.9%1968: 5.3%1970: 5.6%1972: 5.8%1974: 6%1976: 6.3%1978: 6.6%1980: 7.1%1982: 8%1984: 8.8%1986: 9.6%1988: 10.3%1990: 10.8%1992: 10.8%1994: 10.9%1996: 11%1998: 11.2%2000: 11.3%2002: 11.3%2004: 11.3%2006: 11.3%2008: 11.5%2010: 11.8%2012: 12.1%2014: 12.6%2016: 13.2%2018: 13.9%2020: 14.8%2022: 15.7%2024: 16.6%2025: 17.1%
Change over the period: +12.5 pp Annual average: 0.19 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Barbados 17.1%
World 10.4%
Latin America & Caribbean 10.2%
Caribbean computed 11.2%
High-income countries computed 20%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 17.1 +0.5 pp
2024 16.6 +0.5 pp
2023 16.1 +0.4 pp
2022 15.7 +0.4 pp
2021 15.3 +0.5 pp
2020 14.8 +0.5 pp
2019 14.3 +0.4 pp
2018 13.9 +0.4 pp
2017 13.5 +0.3 pp
2016 13.2 +0.3 pp
2015 12.9 +0.3 pp
2014 12.6 +0.3 pp
2013 12.4 +0.2 pp
2012 12.1 +0.2 pp
2011 12 +0.1 pp
2010 11.8 +0.2 pp
2009 11.7 +0.2 pp
2008 11.5 +0.1 pp
2007 11.4 +0 pp
2006 11.3 +0 pp
2005 11.3 +0 pp
2004 11.3 −0 pp
2003 11.3 +0 pp
2002 11.3 +0 pp
2001 11.2 −0 pp
2000 11.3 +0 pp
1999 11.3 +0.1 pp
1998 11.2 +0.1 pp
1997 11.1 +0.1 pp
1996 11 +0.1 pp
1995 11 +0.1 pp
1994 10.9 +0.1 pp
1993 10.8 +0 pp
1992 10.8 +0 pp
1991 10.8 −0 pp
1990 10.8 +0.1 pp
1989 10.6 +0.3 pp
1988 10.3 +0.3 pp
1987 9.9 +0.4 pp
1986 9.6 +0.4 pp
1985 9.2 +0.4 pp
1984 8.8 +0.4 pp
1983 8.4 +0.4 pp
1982 8 +0.4 pp
1981 7.5 +0.4 pp
1980 7.1 +0.3 pp
1979 6.8 +0.2 pp
1978 6.6 +0.2 pp
1977 6.4 +0.2 pp
1976 6.3 +0.2 pp
1975 6.1 +0.1 pp
1974 6 +0.1 pp
1973 5.9 +0.1 pp
1972 5.8 +0.1 pp
1971 5.7 +0.1 pp
1970 5.6 +0.1 pp
1969 5.4 +0.2 pp
1968 5.3 +0.2 pp
1967 5.1 +0.2 pp
1966 4.9 +0.1 pp
1965 4.8 +0.1 pp
1964 4.7 +0.1 pp
1963 4.6 +0.1 pp
1962 4.6 +0 pp
1961 4.5 −0 pp
1960 4.5 —

Caribbean, 2025

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

PR Puerto Rico 25.3 VI United States Virgin Islands 23.1 MF Saint Martin 19.7 AW Aruba 17.8 CW Curaçao 17.3 BB Barbados 17.1 CU Cuba 17 SX Sint Maarten 14.5 DM Dominica 13.2 TT Trinidad and Tobago 12.9 GD Grenada 12.6 AG Antigua and Barbuda 12.3 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.3 BS Bahamas 12.1 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 11.7 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 11.7 VG British Virgin Islands 10.1 LC Saint Lucia 10 KY Cayman Islands 9.5 JM Jamaica 8.6 DO Dominican Republic 8.2 HT Haiti 4.8
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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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