Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Belarus

Share of population aged 65 and over in Belarus in 2025 — 18.3%. Ranked 47 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 11 pp.

2025 18.3% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 47of 217
Period maximum 18.3%2025
Period minimum 7.2%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Belarus, 1960–2025510152019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 7.2%1962: 7.4%1964: 7.6%1966: 8.1%1968: 8.4%1970: 8.9%1972: 9.3%1974: 9.7%1976: 10.2%1978: 10.5%1980: 10.5%1982: 10.1%1984: 9.9%1986: 9.8%1988: 10.1%1990: 10.6%1992: 11.3%1994: 12.1%1996: 12.8%1998: 13.3%2000: 13.5%2002: 14%2004: 14.5%2006: 14.8%2008: 14.5%2010: 13.9%2012: 13.7%2014: 14.1%2016: 14.5%2018: 15.1%2020: 15.7%2022: 16.5%2024: 17.7%2025: 18.3%
Change over the period: +11 pp Annual average: 0.17 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Belarus 18.3%
World 10.4%
Eastern Europe computed 18.9%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Belarus, by year Belarus All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 18.3 +0.6 pp
2024 17.7 +0.6 pp
2023 17.1 +0.6 pp
2022 16.5 +0.4 pp
2021 16.1 +0.3 pp
2020 15.7 +0.4 pp
2019 15.4 +0.3 pp
2018 15.1 +0.3 pp
2017 14.8 +0.3 pp
2016 14.5 +0.2 pp
2015 14.3 +0.3 pp
2014 14.1 +0.2 pp
2013 13.8 +0.1 pp
2012 13.7 −0 pp
2011 13.7 −0.2 pp
2010 13.9 −0.3 pp
2009 14.2 −0.3 pp
2008 14.5 −0.2 pp
2007 14.8 −0 pp
2006 14.8 +0.1 pp
2005 14.7 +0.2 pp
2004 14.5 +0.2 pp
2003 14.3 +0.3 pp
2002 14 +0.3 pp
2001 13.8 +0.2 pp
2000 13.5 +0.1 pp
1999 13.4 +0.1 pp
1998 13.3 +0.2 pp
1997 13.1 +0.3 pp
1996 12.8 +0.3 pp
1995 12.5 +0.4 pp
1994 12.1 +0.4 pp
1993 11.7 +0.4 pp
1992 11.3 +0.3 pp
1991 10.9 +0.3 pp
1990 10.6 +0.3 pp
1989 10.4 +0.2 pp
1988 10.1 +0.2 pp
1987 9.9 +0.1 pp
1986 9.8 −0 pp
1985 9.8 −0.1 pp
1984 9.9 −0.1 pp
1983 10 −0.1 pp
1982 10.1 −0.2 pp
1981 10.4 −0.2 pp
1980 10.5 −0.1 pp
1979 10.6 +0.1 pp
1978 10.5 +0.2 pp
1977 10.4 +0.2 pp
1976 10.2 +0.2 pp
1975 9.9 +0.3 pp
1974 9.7 +0.2 pp
1973 9.5 +0.2 pp
1972 9.3 +0.2 pp
1971 9.1 +0.2 pp
1970 8.9 +0.2 pp
1969 8.6 +0.2 pp
1968 8.4 +0.2 pp
1967 8.2 +0.1 pp
1966 8.1 +0.2 pp
1965 7.8 +0.2 pp
1964 7.6 +0.1 pp
1963 7.4 +0.1 pp
1962 7.4 +0 pp
1961 7.3 +0.1 pp
1960 7.2

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.