Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Cambodia

Share of population aged 65 and over in Cambodia in 2025 — 6.4%. Ranked 134 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 3.7 pp.

2025 6.4% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 134of 217
Period maximum 6.4%2025
Period minimum 2.6%1997

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Cambodia, 1960–202523456719601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.7%1962: 2.7%1964: 2.8%1966: 2.8%1968: 2.9%1970: 3%1972: 3.1%1974: 3.1%1976: 3.1%1978: 3.2%1980: 3.2%1982: 3.3%1984: 3.2%1986: 3.2%1988: 3.1%1990: 3%1992: 2.9%1994: 2.7%1996: 2.6%1998: 2.6%2000: 2.8%2002: 3%2004: 3.2%2006: 3.5%2008: 3.7%2010: 3.9%2012: 4.1%2014: 4.4%2016: 4.7%2018: 5.1%2020: 5.4%2022: 5.8%2024: 6.2%2025: 6.4%
Change over the period: +3.7 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Cambodia 6.4%
World 10.4%
South-Eastern Asia computed 8.4%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Cambodia, by year Cambodia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 6.4 +0.2 pp
2024 6.2 +0.2 pp
2023 6 +0.2 pp
2022 5.8 +0.2 pp
2021 5.6 +0.2 pp
2020 5.4 +0.2 pp
2019 5.3 +0.2 pp
2018 5.1 +0.2 pp
2017 4.9 +0.2 pp
2016 4.7 +0.2 pp
2015 4.6 +0.2 pp
2014 4.4 +0.1 pp
2013 4.3 +0.1 pp
2012 4.1 +0.1 pp
2011 4 +0.1 pp
2010 3.9 +0.1 pp
2009 3.8 +0.1 pp
2008 3.7 +0.1 pp
2007 3.6 +0.1 pp
2006 3.5 +0.1 pp
2005 3.3 +0.1 pp
2004 3.2 +0.1 pp
2003 3.1 +0.1 pp
2002 3 +0.1 pp
2001 2.9 +0.1 pp
2000 2.8 +0.1 pp
1999 2.7 +0.1 pp
1998 2.6 +0 pp
1997 2.6 −0 pp
1996 2.6 −0.1 pp
1995 2.6 −0.1 pp
1994 2.7 −0.1 pp
1993 2.8 −0.1 pp
1992 2.9 −0.1 pp
1991 3 −0 pp
1990 3 −0 pp
1989 3.1 −0 pp
1988 3.1 −0 pp
1987 3.1 −0 pp
1986 3.2 −0 pp
1985 3.2 −0 pp
1984 3.2 −0 pp
1983 3.2 −0 pp
1982 3.3 +0 pp
1981 3.3 +0 pp
1980 3.2 +0 pp
1979 3.2 −0 pp
1978 3.2 +0 pp
1977 3.2 +0 pp
1976 3.1 −0 pp
1975 3.2 +0 pp
1974 3.1 +0 pp
1973 3.1 +0 pp
1972 3.1 +0 pp
1971 3 +0.1 pp
1970 3 +0.1 pp
1969 2.9 +0 pp
1968 2.9 +0 pp
1967 2.9 +0 pp
1966 2.8 +0 pp
1965 2.8 +0 pp
1964 2.8 +0 pp
1963 2.7 +0 pp
1962 2.7 +0 pp
1961 2.7 +0 pp
1960 2.7

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.