Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Brazil

Share of population aged 65 and over in Brazil in 2025 — 11.5%. Ranked 92 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 9 pp.

2025 11.5% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 92of 217
Period maximum 11.5%2025
Period minimum 2.5%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Brazil, 1960–202505101519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.5%1962: 2.6%1964: 2.7%1966: 2.8%1968: 2.9%1970: 3%1972: 3.1%1974: 3.2%1976: 3.3%1978: 3.4%1980: 3.5%1982: 3.6%1984: 3.7%1986: 3.8%1988: 3.9%1990: 4.1%1992: 4.3%1994: 4.5%1996: 4.7%1998: 5%2000: 5.2%2002: 5.4%2004: 5.6%2006: 5.9%2008: 6.3%2010: 6.7%2012: 7.1%2014: 7.7%2016: 8.3%2018: 8.9%2020: 9.6%2022: 10.3%2024: 11%2025: 11.5%
Change over the period: +9 pp Annual average: 0.14 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Brazil 11.5%
World 10.4%
South America computed 11%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Brazil, by year Brazil All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 11.5 +0.4 pp
2024 11 +0.4 pp
2023 10.6 +0.4 pp
2022 10.3 +0.3 pp
2021 9.9 +0.3 pp
2020 9.6 +0.3 pp
2019 9.3 +0.3 pp
2018 8.9 +0.3 pp
2017 8.6 +0.3 pp
2016 8.3 +0.3 pp
2015 8 +0.3 pp
2014 7.7 +0.3 pp
2013 7.4 +0.3 pp
2012 7.1 +0.2 pp
2011 6.9 +0.2 pp
2010 6.7 +0.2 pp
2009 6.5 +0.2 pp
2008 6.3 +0.2 pp
2007 6.1 +0.2 pp
2006 5.9 +0.2 pp
2005 5.8 +0.1 pp
2004 5.6 +0.1 pp
2003 5.5 +0.1 pp
2002 5.4 +0.1 pp
2001 5.3 +0.1 pp
2000 5.2 +0.1 pp
1999 5.1 +0.1 pp
1998 5 +0.1 pp
1997 4.8 +0.1 pp
1996 4.7 +0.1 pp
1995 4.6 +0.1 pp
1994 4.5 +0.1 pp
1993 4.4 +0.1 pp
1992 4.3 +0.1 pp
1991 4.2 +0.1 pp
1990 4.1 +0.1 pp
1989 4 +0.1 pp
1988 3.9 +0.1 pp
1987 3.9 +0.1 pp
1986 3.8 +0.1 pp
1985 3.7 +0.1 pp
1984 3.7 +0 pp
1983 3.6 +0 pp
1982 3.6 +0 pp
1981 3.6 +0 pp
1980 3.5 +0 pp
1979 3.5 +0.1 pp
1978 3.4 +0.1 pp
1977 3.4 +0.1 pp
1976 3.3 +0.1 pp
1975 3.2 +0.1 pp
1974 3.2 +0.1 pp
1973 3.1 +0.1 pp
1972 3.1 +0.1 pp
1971 3 +0.1 pp
1970 3 +0.1 pp
1969 2.9 +0.1 pp
1968 2.9 +0 pp
1967 2.8 +0 pp
1966 2.8 +0 pp
1965 2.7 +0 pp
1964 2.7 +0 pp
1963 2.6 +0 pp
1962 2.6 +0 pp
1961 2.6 +0 pp
1960 2.5

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.