Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Botswana

Share of population aged 65 and over in Botswana in 2025 — 4.1%. Ranked 164 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 0.2 pp.

2025 4.1% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 164of 217
Period maximum 4.3%1960
Period minimum 3%1982

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Botswana, 1960–20252.533.544.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4.3%1962: 4.1%1964: 4%1966: 3.9%1968: 4.1%1970: 4.1%1972: 4%1974: 3.6%1976: 3.4%1978: 3.1%1980: 3%1982: 3%1984: 3%1986: 3.1%1988: 3.2%1990: 3.2%1992: 3.2%1994: 3.2%1996: 3.2%1998: 3.3%2000: 3.3%2002: 3.4%2004: 3.4%2006: 3.4%2008: 3.4%2010: 3.4%2012: 3.4%2014: 3.5%2016: 3.6%2018: 3.8%2020: 3.9%2022: 3.9%2024: 4%2025: 4.1%
Change over the period: −0.2 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Botswana 4.1%
World 10.4%
Southern Africa computed 6.5%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 4.1 +0 pp
2024 4 +0.1 pp
2023 4 +0.1 pp
2022 3.9 +0 pp
2021 3.9 −0 pp
2020 3.9 +0 pp
2019 3.8 +0.1 pp
2018 3.8 +0.1 pp
2017 3.7 +0.1 pp
2016 3.6 +0.1 pp
2015 3.6 +0.1 pp
2014 3.5 +0.1 pp
2013 3.4 +0 pp
2012 3.4 +0 pp
2011 3.4 −0 pp
2010 3.4 −0 pp
2009 3.4 −0 pp
2008 3.4 −0 pp
2007 3.4 −0 pp
2006 3.4 −0 pp
2005 3.4 +0 pp
2004 3.4 +0 pp
2003 3.4 +0 pp
2002 3.4 +0 pp
2001 3.4 +0 pp
2000 3.3 +0 pp
1999 3.3 +0 pp
1998 3.3 +0 pp
1997 3.3 +0 pp
1996 3.2 +0 pp
1995 3.2 +0 pp
1994 3.2 −0 pp
1993 3.2 −0 pp
1992 3.2 −0 pp
1991 3.2 +0 pp
1990 3.2 +0 pp
1989 3.2 +0 pp
1988 3.2 +0.1 pp
1987 3.1 +0.1 pp
1986 3.1 +0 pp
1985 3 +0 pp
1984 3 +0 pp
1983 3 +0 pp
1982 3 −0 pp
1981 3 −0 pp
1980 3 −0 pp
1979 3 −0.1 pp
1978 3.1 −0.1 pp
1977 3.2 −0.1 pp
1976 3.4 −0.1 pp
1975 3.5 −0.1 pp
1974 3.6 −0.2 pp
1973 3.8 −0.2 pp
1972 4 −0.1 pp
1971 4.1 −0 pp
1970 4.1 +0 pp
1969 4.1 +0 pp
1968 4.1 +0.1 pp
1967 4 +0 pp
1966 3.9 +0 pp
1965 3.9 −0 pp
1964 4 −0.1 pp
1963 4 −0.1 pp
1962 4.1 −0.1 pp
1961 4.2 −0.1 pp
1960 4.3

Southern Africa, 2025

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

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.