Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Dominican Republic

Share of population aged 65 and over in the Dominican Republic in 2025 — 8.2%. Ranked 117 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 5.6 pp.

2025 8.2% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 117of 217
Period maximum 8.2%2025
Period minimum 2.6%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Dominican Republic, 1960–202502.557.51019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.6%1962: 2.6%1964: 2.6%1966: 2.7%1968: 2.7%1970: 2.7%1972: 2.8%1974: 2.8%1976: 2.9%1978: 3%1980: 3%1982: 3.1%1984: 3.2%1986: 3.3%1988: 3.4%1990: 3.5%1992: 3.6%1994: 3.8%1996: 3.9%1998: 4.1%2000: 4.3%2002: 4.5%2004: 4.7%2006: 4.8%2008: 4.9%2010: 5.1%2012: 5.3%2014: 5.6%2016: 5.9%2018: 6.4%2020: 6.8%2022: 7.3%2024: 7.9%2025: 8.2%
Change over the period: +5.6 pp Annual average: 0.09 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Dominican Republic 8.2%
World 10.4%
Caribbean computed 11.2%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Dominican Republic, by year Dominican Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 8.2 +0.3 pp
2024 7.9 +0.3 pp
2023 7.6 +0.3 pp
2022 7.3 +0.3 pp
2021 7 +0.2 pp
2020 6.8 +0.2 pp
2019 6.6 +0.2 pp
2018 6.4 +0.2 pp
2017 6.1 +0.2 pp
2016 5.9 +0.2 pp
2015 5.7 +0.2 pp
2014 5.6 +0.2 pp
2013 5.4 +0.1 pp
2012 5.3 +0.1 pp
2011 5.2 +0.1 pp
2010 5.1 +0.1 pp
2009 5 +0.1 pp
2008 4.9 +0.1 pp
2007 4.9 +0.1 pp
2006 4.8 +0.1 pp
2005 4.7 +0.1 pp
2004 4.7 +0.1 pp
2003 4.6 +0.1 pp
2002 4.5 +0.1 pp
2001 4.4 +0.1 pp
2000 4.3 +0.1 pp
1999 4.2 +0.1 pp
1998 4.1 +0.1 pp
1997 4 +0.1 pp
1996 3.9 +0.1 pp
1995 3.9 +0.1 pp
1994 3.8 +0.1 pp
1993 3.7 +0.1 pp
1992 3.6 +0.1 pp
1991 3.6 +0.1 pp
1990 3.5 +0.1 pp
1989 3.5 +0.1 pp
1988 3.4 +0.1 pp
1987 3.3 +0.1 pp
1986 3.3 +0.1 pp
1985 3.2 +0 pp
1984 3.2 +0 pp
1983 3.1 +0 pp
1982 3.1 +0 pp
1981 3.1 +0 pp
1980 3 +0 pp
1979 3 +0 pp
1978 3 +0 pp
1977 2.9 +0 pp
1976 2.9 +0 pp
1975 2.9 +0 pp
1974 2.8 +0 pp
1973 2.8 +0 pp
1972 2.8 +0 pp
1971 2.8 +0 pp
1970 2.7 +0 pp
1969 2.7 +0 pp
1968 2.7 +0 pp
1967 2.7 +0 pp
1966 2.7 +0 pp
1965 2.7 +0 pp
1964 2.6 +0 pp
1963 2.6 +0 pp
1962 2.6 +0 pp
1961 2.6 +0 pp
1960 2.6

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.